Katherine Jashinski is the first woman Conscientious Objector to be
wrongly denied discharge by the Army, then charged and jailed as a
resister to the current war. Katherine was released at 7 am Sunday
July 9 from the Miramar interservice women's detention facility, San
Diego, after service of her 120-day sentence for refusing an
order. (She had been acquitted of the more serious charge of
"missing movement.") A Navy driver took her to the airport, where she
was greeted by Pablo Paredes, a fellow Iraq War CO, and two of her
attorneys, MLTF members Jim Feldman and Peter Goldberger. (Jim and
Peter were in San Diego to lead two workshops this weekend on
counseling and representing conscientious objectors.)
Katherine wasin remarkably good spirits, and looking forward to going home to
Austin, where she will resume her engineering studies at the
Austin, where she will resume her engineering studies at the
University of Texas in the fall. She was due back in Texas
tonight. Presently, she remains on "appellate leave" (without
duties) pending the appeal of her court martial conviction. She
elected not to appeal to the Fifth Circuit the district court's
wrongful denial of her habeas corpus challenge to the Army's improper
rejection of her CO claim. She expressed appreciation to all those
who extended support during her trial and her incarceration.
-- Peter Goldberger
tonight. Presently, she remains on "appellate leave" (without
duties) pending the appeal of her court martial conviction. She
elected not to appeal to the Fifth Circuit the district court's
wrongful denial of her habeas corpus challenge to the Army's improper
rejection of her CO claim. She expressed appreciation to all those
who extended support during her trial and her incarceration.
-- Peter Goldberger
