Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
Criminal Syndicalism |
Sentence: |
7 years |
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Year Crime: |
1933 |
Year Convicted: |
1934 |
Year Cleared: |
1937 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Oregon |
County or Region of Crime: |
Multnomah |
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Result: |
Judicially Exonerated |
Summary of Case: |
"Dirk De Jonge was wrongly convicted of Criminal Syndicalism in Multnomah County, Oregon. He was sentenced to seven years in prison. His conviction was affirmed by the Oregon Supreme Court. On January 4, 1937 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed De Jonge's conviction in a majority decision." |
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"On January 4, 1937 the U.S. Supreme Court reversed De Jonge's conviction in a majority decision." |
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Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
"De Jonge v. Oregon, 299 US 353 (USSC, 1937) (Reversing conviction)" |
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https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9236510708217813075&q=communist+1957+conviction&hl=en&as_sdt=40006 |
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"State v. De Jonge, 152 Ore. 315; 51 P. (2d) 674 (Ore. Supreme Ct, 1935) " |
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