Biography
Joe Ruder was held for 62 documented days in custody.
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
