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Theresa Allen

Era:1980s
State:Connecticut
Time Imprisoned:
14 Days
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Biography

Theresa Allen was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served two weeks in jail before being brought to court January 25, 1985, when charges were dismissed. The same issue’s Recently Released list confirms actual release in 1985. Fourteen actual documented days are retained, but dismissal is not silently equated with an exact physical-release day and no first admission is back-calculated. This case is specifically the Norwich nuclear-weapons-related blockade, not an unrelated namesake’s case.

Contemporary source and limits

Theresa Allen was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served two weeks in jail before being brought to court January 25, 1985, when charges were dismissed. The same issue’s Recently Released list confirms actual release in 1985. Fourteen actual documented days are retained, but dismissal is not silently equated with an exact physical-release day and no first admission is back-calculated. This case is specifically the Norwich nuclear-weapons-related blockade, not an unrelated namesake’s case.

The Nuclear Resister No.29, February 27, 1985, original page 8 and current/recently-released directory on original page 4.

Only individually documented actual custody is preserved. Nominal sentences, civil-appeal forecasts and case-disposition dates do not establish actual time served or release. No birth/death date, race, gender, unsupported name expansion or present custody status is inferred.

Earlier 1984–1985 custody chronology

The earlier January 23 issue places this same nine-person Norwich blockade on January 11, 1985, the day before the January 12 USS Alaska launch protest. It individually lists all nine as then held in jail pending trial. This identifies the arrest/action date for the already recorded fourteen-day Norwich case; it does not create another January episode or turn the later January 25 dismissal into an independently printed physical-release day. No exact first booking timestamp is inferred merely from the action date.

The Nuclear Resister No. 28, January 23, 1985, PDF pages [4].

Cases

Arrested: Jan 11, 1985
Released: 1985
Sentence: Theresa Allen was individually named among the General Dynamics/Norwich nonviolent blockaders who had served two weeks in jail before being brought to court January 25, 1985, when charges were dismissed. The same issue’s Recently Released list confirms actual release in 1985. Fourteen actual documented days are retained, but dismissal is not silently equated with an exact physical-release day and no first admission is back-calculated. This case is specifically the Norwich nuclear-weapons-related blockade, not an unrelated namesake’s case. Earlier-source clarification: The earlier January 23 issue places this same nine-person Norwich blockade on January 11, 1985, the day before the January 12 USS Alaska launch protest. It individually lists all nine as then held in jail pending trial. This identifies the arrest/action date for the already recorded fourteen-day Norwich case; it does not create another January episode or turn the later January 25 dismissal into an independently printed physical-release day. No exact first booking timestamp is inferred merely from the action date.
Arrested: Apr 5, 1985
Sentence: The April16,1985 Groton report individually says Theresa Allen remained in jail for three nights following the April5 GoodFriday protest, before being physically released and having charges dismissed. This is separate from the January1985 Norwich blockade case and its fourteen actual days. Three nights are preserved in narrative, not automatically converted to an exact three-day elapsed counter. The source does not print an exact admission or discharge date; April5 dates arrest/action, not a guessed booking timestamp.