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Joe Ruder

Era:1960s
State:South Carolina
Time Imprisoned:
2 Months 1 Day
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Biography

The Militant identifies Fort Jackson Eight members Joe Ruder and Joe Cole as having spent sixty-two days actually imprisoned before the Army conceded it had no case. It reports a board’s recommendation for undesirable discharges over their antiwar political activity. The sixty-two days describe actual detention, not an imposed criminal sentence; exact endpoints are absent. The Militant, July 4, 1969, vol.33 no.27, original PDF page 12. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1969/3327/MIL3327.pdf#page=12

Case

Charges: Military detention arising from Fort Jackson antiwar organizing
Sentence: The Militant identifies Fort Jackson Eight members Joe Ruder and Joe Cole as having spent sixty-two days actually imprisoned before the Army conceded it had no case. It reports a board’s recommendation for undesirable discharges over their antiwar political activity. The sixty-two days describe actual detention, not an imposed criminal sentence; exact endpoints are absent. The Militant, July 4, 1969, vol.33 no.27, original PDF page 12. Source: https://www.themilitant.com/1969/3327/MIL3327.pdf#page=12