Walter Chaffee

AKA: Walt Chaffee
Released
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:California
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Biography

Walter Chaffee was a California art instructor and participant in the CNVA Everyman voyage opposing nuclear tests. After imprisonment for contempt in 1962, he wrote from Santa Rita Jail about the five defendants and their continuing nonviolent witness in custody.

Case

Charges: Contempt of federal court order prohibiting the Everyman nuclear-test protest voyage
Sentenced: Jul 11, 1962
Incarcerated: 1962
Sentence: Sentenced to six months for contempt in July 1962. His August 22 letter confirms ongoing Santa Rita imprisonment. Total time served and release date are not established.

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