Michael Giocondo

Released
Date of birth:1929
Date of death:April 2014
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
16 Days
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Catholic Worker Movement
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Biography

Michael Giocondo was a former Franciscan brother (12 years, stationed in Costa Rica and Washington DC), age 42 at indictment. Worked in Camden where he founded El Centro, an inner-city service for Spanish speakers, and co-founded the bilingual newspaper GAP. It was Giocondo who first brought Bob Hardy into the group. Acquitted in 1973.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy and destruction of Selective Service records
Arrested: Aug 22, 1971
Incarcerated: Aug 22, 1971
Released: Sep 7, 1971
Sentence: No sentence — acquitted with all seventeen trial defendants on May 20, 1973. The FBI individual custody record documents release on September 7, 1971. Source: FBI Camden/MEDBURG file NW68262 DocId32989529, p. 77.
Convicted: No

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