Biography
The Nuclear Resister individually identified the Reverend John Peterson as a Lutheran minister from Tempe, Arizona who joined the May 23, 1983 Peace Pentecost protest at the United States Capitol Rotunda and actually spent five days in jail. His firsthand account described cell conditions. This was actual completed service rather than an unused fine-or-jail option. The report does not individualize his exact physical intake or discharge day; neither endpoint is back-calculated from the five-day total.
Source and limits
The Nuclear Resister No.17, June 6, 1983, original page 3.
Individually named actual political custody is established. Forecasts, nominal sentences, court credits and physical jail service are distinguished. Missing endpoints, vital dates and demographic attributes remain unfilled; no present custody state is inferred from a historical report.
