Mary Cain Scoblick

Released
Date of birth:1938
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1970s
State:Maryland
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Anti-War Boston 8
Mary Cain Scoblick

Biography

Former Catholic nun from Baltimore married to former priest Anthony Scoblick. Participated in the November 1969 Boston 8 raid. As one of the Harrisburg Seven, indicted January 1971 on charges of conspiring to kidnap Henry Kissinger. April 1972 mistrial freed all defendants on the conspiracy count.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to kidnap Henry Kissinger and to bomb federal heating tunnels (Harrisburg 7 indictment, 1971; mistrial)
Released: May 25, 1971
Sentence: Hung jury; mistrial; no retrial. At her first arraignment on May 25, 1971, she was released on personal recognizance; the start of any physical custody has not been verified.
Prosecutor: William S. Lynch
Judge: Hon. R. Dixon Herman
Indicted: April 30, 1971 — superseding federal indictment in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Plead: Not guilty — entered by the court at the May 25, 1971 arraignment.

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