Thomas Robert Hosmer

AKA: Tom Hosmer
Released
Gender:Male
Era:1970s
State:Connecticut
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Biography

Thomas Robert Hosmer refused military induction and sought recognition as a conscientious objector. He was imprisoned at Danbury, where he signed a collective letter opposing the Vietnam War.

Case

Charges: Refusal to submit to induction, 50 U.S.C. App. section462(a)
Arrested: Oct 14, 1969
Sentence: He refused induction on August27,1969 and was arrested October14,1969. The First Circuit affirmed his conviction December4,1970. The January1972 Danbury inmate correspondence documents actual imprisonment and his participation in an antiwar letter withheld by prison officials for more than ten days. Sentence length, prison admission, release and actual total duration remain unverified. The arrest date is not treated as the start of continuous imprisonment.

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