Biography
Major Benton appears in a prisoner-aid committee list published by Laisvė on December 19, 1953. The article identifies the listed people as then-imprisoned political prisoners and asks readers to send them holiday greetings. The listed contact location was Central Prison at Raleigh. The item does not describe the individual charge, sentence, initial admission or release, so those details remain unverified. The political-prisoner classification is attributed to the contemporary committee, not a separate finding of innocence or a claim about the motive for prosecution.
Sources and evidence limits
Laisvė, December 19, 1953, page 3.
This is a historical custody point, not the admission date. The listed contact location is not an independent proof of transfer date or uninterrupted confinement. No race, ethnicity, political-party affiliation or exact vital dates are inferred.
