Michael Bransome

Released
Date of birth:1951
Gender:Male
Era:1960s
State:Maryland
Time Imprisoned:
8 Months
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Anti-War Silver Spring Three
Michael Bransome

Biography

A layperson (age 18) living at the Blair House commune, Bransome was one of the three who destroyed several hundred draft records at the Silver Spring, Maryland Selective Service office on May 21, 1969. He was sentenced to 3 years in federal prison, served about 8 months, and after receiving a death threat from inmates fled to Canada in 1970 and was granted political asylum in Sweden in 1971.

Photo credit

Michael Bransome being arrested, Silver Spring, Maryland, May 21, 1969. D.C. Public Library Washington Star Collection, copyright Washington Post; published by Washington Area Spark. Photographer unknown. Cropped.

Case

Charges: Destruction of Selective Service records (the May 21, 1969 Silver Spring, MD draft-board raid).
Arrested: May 21, 1969
Sentenced: September 1969
Sentence: Three years in federal custody under the Youth Corrections Act
Convicted: Yes
Plead: Nolo contendere

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