Stanley Witkowski

Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Iowa
Support
Anti-War
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Biography

Stanley Witkowski was a University of Iowa graduate who publicly acknowledged destroying his draft card in October 1965. His protest challenged the penalties for draft-card destruction and the restriction of individual freedom.

Sources: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/record/222227/files/meik-13.pdf?registerDownload=1&version=1&withMetadata=0&withWatermark=0 ; https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1965/di1965-10-23.pdf

Case

Charges: Deliberate destruction of a draft card — Iowa, October 1965
Arrested: Oct 22, 1965
Sentence: Changed plea to guilty April 1, 1966. Received a suspended sentence, a $100 fine and three years of probation, conditional on obtaining a replacement card. Actual initial custody is unknown; probation is not imprisonment. Sources: https://digicoll.lib.berkeley.edu/nanna/record/222227/files/meik-13.pdf?registerDownload=1&version=1&withMetadata=0&withWatermark=0 ; https://dailyiowan.lib.uiowa.edu/DI/1965/di1965-10-23.pdf
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Guilty — April 1, 1966

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