Did Muhammad Ali spend anytime in jail of his 5 year conviction for draft evasion in 1967?

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Most importantly please post a source, thanks!!

Answer 1

~Neither jail nor prison, nor did he pay the $10,000.00 fine. Execution of sentence was stayed pending his appeals. For sources, if all else fails try a biography.

Ali continued to fight during the period between conviction and reversal, although locations were difficult to find because of licensing issues. The first Frazier fight in New York predated the Supreme Court reversal, as did the MSG fight against Oscar Bonevena. He joined the rubber chicken circuit and lectured at numerous universities and elsewhere on at least monthly schedule, and frequently he spoke two or three times a week. He opened his restaurant chain "Champburgers" (actually, he was given only 6% of the stock and he didn't run the company, but he was the figurehead and he made many appearances to pimp for it) and he was a frequent guest on the talk shows, with numerous appearances on shows such as Johnny Carson and Merv Griffin as well as others. He was featured on the news frequently during this period. Due to some of the things he was saying in the press, on TV and on campus, he was expelled from the Nation of Islam for a year in April 1969. You don't do any of these things if you're in jail or prison.

Ali wasn't charged with draft evasion and he was neither a draft dodger nor a draft resister. He was charged with failure to report for induction. He won his appeal and the conviction was reversed by the Supreme Court, but he was never exonerated. The Court did not say he should have been granted Conscientious Objector status. The holding simply said that the Selective Service System was insufficient in stating its reasons for the denial and therefore did not deny Ali's request for CO status properly, especially in view of the recommendation of the Hearing Officer who heard the case that such status be granted.

Answer 2

The answer is no. I am doing a term paper on Cassius Clay/Muhammad Ali. And no he did not spend time in prison, yes he was arrested and taken to jail, but he then bailed out of jail paying the 10,000 fine as well. He was found guilty but appealed for three years while out on bail until his conviction was overruled. So he spend three of the five year convicted on bail, then when it was overruled and his license was reinstated he had began fighting again.

I dont know where these people got their informaition from but you can research and find that my answer is correct

Answer 3

Wow! thank you! just what I was looking for. I tried looking for the answers on the internet but I couldn't find them.

Answer 4

Yes, he did. I don't think he served the whole five. Sorry, I don't have a source.