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Terry Buckalew

Released
Date of birth:08. 09. 1950
Age:76
Era:1970s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
16 Days
Support
Anti-War Camden 28 Catholic Worker Movement
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Biography

Age 21 at indictment; valedictorian of Wildwood Catholic High School, NJ, and recipient of a John F. Kennedy award for courage and moral integrity. Attended Rider College and worked as a court clerk in the Federal Third Circuit of Appeals. Had refused induction into the armed forces. Acquitted in 1973.

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 record states that Buckalew was remanded on August 22, 1971 in lieu of $25,000 bail and released on September 7 after posting ten percent cash or security on a $10,000 bond set by the Third Circuit on September 3. The individual discharge date is established; the generic three-week duration is not retained. Source: FBI Camden/MEDBURG file NW68262 DocId32989529, p. 50.
Prosecutor: Herbert J. Stern; John J. Barry; Marc L. Dembling; David Hinden; Robert A. White; M. Carolyn Ellis
Judge: Clarkson S. Fisher
Convicted: No