You do know that Jill Stein was an activist, which they tend to get arrested, before she ran for any politicial office position…

Wiki source for basic information:

Stein was born in Chicago, Illinois, the daughter of Gladys (née Wool) and Joseph Stein. She was raised in Highland Park, Illinois. Her parents were descended from Russian Jews, and Stein was raised in a Reform Jewish household, attending Chicago’s North Shore Congregation Israel.[6]

In 1973, Stein graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College, where she studied psychology, sociology, and anthropology.[7] She then attended Harvard Medical School and graduated in 1979.[7] Stein practiced internal medicine for 25 years[8] at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Simmons College Health Center, and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, which are all located in the Boston area. She also served as an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School.[9] Early activism and political career

As a physician, Stein became increasingly concerned about the connection between people’s health and the quality of their local environment. She subsequently turned to activism. In 1998, she began protesting the “Filthy Five” coal plants in Massachusetts.[10][11] Since 1998, she has served on the board of the Greater Boston chapter of Physicians for Social Responsibility.[8] She received Clean Water Action’s “Not in Anyone’s Backyard Award” in 1998 and its “Children’s Health Hero Award” in 2000, Toxic Action Center’s “Citizen Award” in 1999, and Salem State College’s “Friend of the Earth Award” in 2004.[12][13][14]

Stein coauthored two reports by the Greater Boston Physicians for Social Responsibility, In Harm’s Way: Toxic Threats to Child Development (2000), and Environmental Threats to Healthy Aging (2009).[15][16] In Harm’s Way report republished in the peer-reviewed Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics in 2002.[17]

Stein has said that she left the Democratic Party and joined the Green Party when “the Democratic Party killed campaign finance reform in my state”.[10]