Arthur Miller

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Charge:	Criminal Contempt
Sentence:	$500 fine
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Year Convicted:	1957
Year Cleared:	1958
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia - Federal Case
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Wrongly convicted on May 31, 1957, of contempt of Congress for refusing to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) in regards to questions related to alleged communists in Hollywood. Arthur Miller, who married to actress Marilyn Monroe shortly after his testimony in 1956, told the Committee, "I could not use the name of another person and bring trouble on him." Conviction quashed by federal appeals court on August 7, 1958."
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Innocence Proved By:	"Conviction quashed by federal appeals court on August 7, 1958."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	1958-Arthur Miller Cleared of Contempt - BBC On This Day - 08-07-1958
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Arthur Miller

Charge:

Criminal Contempt

Sentence:

$500 fine

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1957

Year Cleared:

1958

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"Conviction quashed by federal appeals court on August 7, 1958."

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Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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1958-Arthur Miller Cleared of Contempt - BBC On This Day - 08-07-1958

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/august/7/newsid_2946000/2946420.stm

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