Wrongly Convicted Database Record
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Charge: |
"Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc)" |
Sentence: |
$200 fine |
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Year Convicted: |
1918 |
Year Cleared: |
2006 |
U.S. State or Country of Crime: |
Montana |
County or Region of Crime: |
Sheridan |
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Result: |
Pardoned Posthumously |
Summary of Case: |
"John Silas Geiser was 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." |
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Innocence Proved By: |
"Pardoned by Montana Governor Barry Schweitzer on May 3, 2006." |
Defendant Aided By: |
"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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Sex: |
Male |
Skin/Ethnicity: |
White |
Information Source 1: |
Montana Sedition Project Database |
Information Location 1: |
http://www.seditionproject.net/ |
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Book About Case: |
""Darkest Before Dawn: Sedition and Free Speech in the American West," by Clemens P Work (University of New Mexico Press 2005)" |
Book Information: |
http://www.unmpress.com/Book.php?id=10893924476241 |
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