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Jim Smit

Era:1980s
State:Michigan
Time Imprisoned:
7 Days
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Biography

Jim Smit was individually reported as having actually served seven days in Marquette County Jail for a protest at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base. The November 15, 1983 Nuclear Resister updates the earlier report that he was still awaiting sentence. The exact sentencing, admission and discharge dates are not printed. He is not merged with the unrelated historical Jim Smith profile merely because the names are similar.

Sources and limits

The Nuclear Resister No21, November 15, 1983, original page 6.

Individually reported anti-nuclear protest custody; forecast release and nominal sentence lengths are not treated as actual discharge or completed time. No demographic attributes, vital dates, unsupported name expansions or current custody status are inferred.

Case

Sentence: Jim Smit was individually reported as having actually served seven days in Marquette County Jail for a protest at K. I. Sawyer Air Force Base. The November 15, 1983 Nuclear Resister updates the earlier report that he was still awaiting sentence. The exact sentencing, admission and discharge dates are not printed. He is not merged with the unrelated historical Jim Smith profile merely because the names are similar.