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| Mitchell Goodman, Dr. Spock, Michael Ferber, William Sloane Coffin. photo (c) Getty Images |
Dr. Benjamin Spock was convicted by federal jury in Boston for conspiracy to disrupt the selective service process, along with three of his four co-defendants. Dr. Spock, Yale chaplain William Sloane Coffin, Jr., teacher Mitchell Goodman and graduate student Michael Ferber had were sentenced to two years in prison for aiding young American men in being drafted into military service during the Vietnam War, but the sentences were suspended pending an appeal. The convictions would later be set aside on appeal. The other member of the "Boston Five", Marcus Raskin, was acquitted.
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