Kimberly Jeannine Trimiew

Released
Gender:Female
Era:1990s
State:Washington
Time Imprisoned:
6 Months 24 Days
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Biography

Kimberly Jeannine Trimiew volunteered with the Coalition Against Fur Farms. Her refusal to answer federal grand-jury questions led to separate periods of civil-contempt confinement in 1993 and 1994.

Cases

Charges: Civil contempt for refusing grand-jury testimony
Incarcerated: Oct 5, 1993
Released: Oct 20, 1993
Sentence: Civil contempt detention October 5-20, 1993, followed by release on bail pending appeal. The contempt order was subsequently affirmed November 12, 1993. This is separate from the February-August 1994 detention.
Charges: Civil contempt for refusing grand-jury testimony after immunity
Incarcerated: Feb 18, 1994
Released: Aug 29, 1994
Sentence: Civil contempt confinement February 18-August 29, 1994. Trimiew personally reported her August 29 release in Earth First!, Mabon 1994, printed page 6. She described 193 days inclusive; the site uses 192 elapsed days. The intervening period on bail after October 1993 is excluded.

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