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Pamela Donaldson

Era:1970s
State:Arizona
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Biography

Pamela Donaldson was one of the Tucson Five, witnesses jailed for refusing federal grand-jury questions during an investigation focused on John Fuerst and alleged dynamite purchases. Torres Maldonado’s source-cited thesis identifies all five and reports imprisonment from November 1970 until March 31, 1971. The initial November day is unknown; later testimony after threatened renewed subpoenas is distinct from the completed confinement. The thesis labels the group Weatherman associates, but formal individual organizational membership is not independently established here.

Source: Luis Rogelio Torres Maldonado, El Debate entre el Independentismo Puertorriqueño en torno a cómo Enfrentar el Gran Jurado Federal: 1979–1984 (doctoral thesis, May 2022). Physical pages 99–100 (printed 88–89), footnote 216.

Case

Charges: Civil contempt for refusing federal grand-jury testimony in the Tucson investigation concerning John Fuerst.
Incarcerated: November 1970
Released: Mar 31, 1971
Sentence: Actual confinement reported from November 1970 until March 31, 1971. The November admission day and exact total duration are unknown.