# John David Provoo

Overturned

John David Provoo (August 6, 1917 – August 28, 2001) was a United States Army staff sergeant and practicing Buddhist who was convicted of treason for his conduct as a Japanese prisoner of war during World War II. His conviction was later overturned on a technicality, and he became a Buddhist priest.

Original record: https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=15624248
Case page: https://realjustice.ai/cases/john-david-provoo-w15624248

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1. Wikipedia record (CC BY-SA 4.0), https://en.wikipedia.org/?curid=15624248


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