Robert Williamson

Released
Date of birth:16. 08. 1949
Date of death:15. 05. 2026
Age:76† Deceased
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Pennsylvania
Time Imprisoned:
16 Days
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Anti-War Camden 28
Robert Williamson

Biography

Robert Williamson was 22 at indictment and employed as a caseworker for the Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare. Acquitted with the Camden 28 in 1973. In 2014 he was one of the activists who publicly revealed his role in the March 1971 Media, PA FBI-office burglary that exposed COINTELPRO.

The FBI Camden processing record records Robert Williamson’s birth date as 1949-08-16. The date appears in the continuation of the descriptive report identifying Robert William Williamson; it matches his already recorded exact birth date. This is cited for identification information without adopting the report’s criminal allegations.

FBI Camden/MEDBURG file NW 68262, DocId 32989529, PDF page 154.

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 summary records arrest on August 22, 1971, a same-day hearing before U.S. Magistrate Charles L. Rudd and remand to U.S. Marshal custody in lieu of $25,000 bail. It records physical release on September 7, 1971, after posting ten percent cash or security on a $10,000 bond set by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia on September 3. The bond-setting date is distinct from the actual release date. Source: FBI Camden/MEDBURG file NW 68262, DocId 32989529, PDF page 150.
Convicted: No

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