Paul Couming

Released
Date of birth:1948
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Massachusetts
Time Imprisoned:
16 Days
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Boston 8
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Biography

Age 23 at indictment; Boston Technical School graduate and former VISTA volunteer in Appalachia. A member of the 'Boston 8', sentenced (suspended) for refusing to carry his draft cards, and charged with criminal contempt for refusing to answer the Harrisburg Grand Jury. Acquitted with the Camden 28 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. 54.
Convicted: No

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