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Ralph P. Bock

Full name:Ralph Bock
Era:1990s
State:Illinois
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Ralph P. Bock

Biography

Ralph P. Bock was detained in the United States in the1998 New Order weapons prosecution. Contemporaneous Associated Press coverage individually records the March6 bail proceedings and actual continuing detention. The June1998 Southern Poverty Law Center report independently describes the named defendants in custody or released on bail. The group’s alleged racist assassination and bombing plans explain the political context; allegations are distinguished from the weapons pleas. The AP report gives February23,1998 as his individual arrest date, with actual custody continuing through the March6 hearing. June reporting describes the subsequent guilty plea and continued detention awaiting sentencing. Actual prison admission day and completed duration remain unknown; arrest is not entered as admission.

Ralph P. Bock was detained in the United States in the1998 New Order weapons prosecution. Contemporaneous Associated Press coverage individually records the March6 bail proceedings and actual continuing detention. The June1998 Southern Poverty Law Center report independently describes the named defendants in custody or released on bail. The group’s alleged racist assassination and bombing plans explain the political context; allegations are distinguished from the weapons pleas. The AP report gives February23,1998 as his individual arrest date, with actual custody continuing through the March6 hearing. June reporting describes the subsequent guilty plea and continued detention awaiting sentencing. Actual prison admission day and completed duration remain unknown; arrest is not entered as admission.

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Case

Charges: Federal weapons prosecution associated with the New Order extremist group; alleged planned political violence
Arrested: Feb 23, 1998
Sentence: Ralph P. Bock was detained in the United States in the1998 New Order weapons prosecution. Contemporaneous Associated Press coverage individually records the March6 bail proceedings and actual continuing detention. The June1998 Southern Poverty Law Center report independently describes the named defendants in custody or released on bail. The group’s alleged racist assassination and bombing plans explain the political context; allegations are distinguished from the weapons pleas. The AP report gives February23,1998 as his individual arrest date, with actual custody continuing through the March6 hearing. June reporting describes the subsequent guilty plea and continued detention awaiting sentencing. Actual prison admission day and completed duration remain unknown; arrest is not entered as admission.
Convicted: Yes