Sam Hochstetler

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:2000s
State:Wisconsin
Support
Anti-War Anti-Nuclear
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Biography

Sam Hochstetler is a Mennonite peace activist who has been repeatedly arrested for civil disobedience at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities and military installations as part of the Catholic Worker / Plowshares movement tradition. His arrests have appeared in the Nuclear Resister's regular Inside & Out roster of imprisoned anti-nuclear and antiwar activists.

Case

Charges: Trespass / civil disobedience at nuclear weapons facilities and military installations
Arrested: May 20, 2000
Sentenced: Oct 23, 2000
Sentence: Mennonite peace activist in the Catholic Worker / Plowshares tradition, repeatedly arrested for civil disobedience at U.S. nuclear weapons facilities and military installations; his arrests appear in the Nuclear Resister's Inside & Out roster.
Judge: Charles Day (October 23, 2000, Andrews Air Force Base prosecution)
Plead: Not guilty (September 2000, Andrews Air Force Base prosecution)

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