Biography
Jon Seward was a Nevada Test Site backcountry protester who had been jailed continuously since his October 15, 1986 arrest after refusing to post $500 bond. He and Mike Geare were acquitted December 4 because the site was inadequately posted and they had not been given an opportunity to leave. The December issue also affirmatively lists Seward as recently out, establishing release in 1986 but not its exact day. The acquittal day is not silently substituted for physical discharge; no October 15-to-December 4 completed counter is calculated.
Source and limits
The Nuclear Resister No.43, December 12, 1986, original PDF pages 5, 4.
Individually named actual political custody, not merely a charge or forecast. Nominal sentence length is not a served total. No unverified demographic attributes, vital dates, exact release days or present custody status are inferred.
