Biography
Arizona minister and peace activist involved in Tucson SOA Watch. Jailed in 1998 following the School of the Americas protest at Fort Benning.
Birth-year source
- SOA Watch prisoners-of-conscience chronology — identifies Ken Kennon as 62 among the November 1997 Fort Benning defendants, supporting 1935 as his birth year.
The April 27, 1998 petition by clemency counsel Debra K. Hannula places this defendant among the January 1998 Fort Benning illegal-re-entry convictions before Judge Elliott, carrying six months and a $3,000 fine. Its January 22 trial/sentencing account differs by one day from an earlier January 21 news report, so the new sentencing field uses month precision rather than choosing an unresolved day. The individual biography confirms March 23, 1998 prison entry. The biography describes his long ministry, operation of elder-care homes in Tucson, and involvement in food-bank and farmworker assistance. These records concern a request for clemency; they do not establish that a pardon or commutation was granted.
Clinton Presidential Library, individual biography PDF page 39; petition pages 27–32.
