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Wrongly
Convicted Database
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Years
Imprisoned:
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Charge: |
Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc) |
Sentence: |
$500 fine |
Year Convicted: |
1918 |
Year
Cleared:
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2006 |
Location
of Trial:
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Montana |
Result:
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Pardoned |
Summary
of Case:
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Wrongly convicted of sedition based on Montana's Sedition Act of 1918. One of 78 people convicted of violating the Sedition Act pardoned by Montana Governor Barry Schweitzer on May 3, 2006. |
Conviction
Caused By:
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Innocence
Proved By:
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Pardoned by Montana Governor Barry Schweitzer on May 3, 2006.
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Defendant
Aided By:
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"The Montana Sedition Project at the University of Montana School of Journalism was formed to work toward the pardoning of the defendants, based on the research in the book "Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West," by Clemens P Work (University of New Mexico Press 2005)" |
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Information Source 1: |
Montana Sedition Project Database |
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Location 1:
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http://www.seditionproject.net/ |
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Ethnicity/Skin:
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White |
Book
About
Case:
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""Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West," by Clemens P Work (University of New Mexico Press 2005)" |
Book
Information:
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http://www.unmpress.com/Book.php?id=10893924476241 |
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