Biography
Richard Streb was sentenced to six months in federal prison on November 19, 1997 for repeat trespass at the U.S. Army School of the Americas during the November 16 protest.
Life-date and photo sources
- Rochester Democrat and Chronicle obituary — identifies USS Essex veteran, educator, and author Richard William Streb and gives April 18, 1925–November 21, 2007.
- Southern Exposure, “The School of Assassins” — identifies Streb as the Navy veteran sentenced to six months for the 1997 School of the Americas protest. The portrait is cropped from the accompanying photograph credited to The Roanoke Times, without AI editing.
A November 24, 1998 congressional clemency letter and Mike Lowry’s October 21 letter independently state that Richard Streb actually began his prison term September 21, 1998 in Beaver, West Virginia. His biography explicitly dates the November 19, 1997 no-contest plea and sentencing before Magistrate Slaughter; counsel Peter Thompson arranged a reporting deferral. The August/September legacy starts and conflicting February 28/March 1 releases do not establish a reliable interval. The two legacy rows refer to one prosecution, not two prison terms. The handwritten March 1999 release reference is a contemporaneous prospective note, not proof of actual discharge. The letter’s concerns about medication and prison conditions are the writers’ allegations, not findings by a court.
The original Department of Justice clemency report individually names Richard William Streb. The existing profile already describes the same peace activist and imprisonment; this fills the blank middle-name and full-name alias fields. Its already recorded September 21,1998 Beckley admission is not added as another custody period.
