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Daniel Rutt

AKA: Dan Rutt
Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1980s
State:Michigan
Support
Anti-War Conscientious Objection
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Biography

Christian pacifist of Mennonite family background raised Methodist. Prosecuted after publicly writing officials and giving a local newspaper interview saying he would never register. Sentenced to a few months at a federal detention facility in the Detroit area, with work release allowing him to drive 70 miles daily to his job. Later careers in public health and design.

Case

Charges: Failure to register
Arrested: Jun 14, 1983
Incarcerated: Jun 14, 1983
Released: 1983
Sentence: Several months federal detention with work release Charges as recorded: Failure to register for the draft — Military Selective Service Act § 3, 50 U.S.C. App. § 453 (1980s draft-registration resistance test cases)
Convicted: Yes