Peter Seeger

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Charge:	Contempt of Congress
Sentence:	1 year
Years Imprisoned:	0.75
Year Crime:	1955
Year Convicted:	1961
Year Cleared:	1962
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	District of Columbia - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	District of Columbia
City of Crime:	Washington DC
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Peter Seeger, more commonly known as Pete Seeger, was wrongly convicted in May 1961 of contempt of Congress for refusing to name people he knew who might be Communists during a hearing on August 18, 1955 of the House Un-American Activities Committee. Seeger was convicted by a jury and he was sentenced to a year in prison. After Seeger had served his sentence his convictions were overturned on appeal in May 18, 1962 by the U.S. Second Circuit Ct. of Appeals. The Court ruled that Seeger's indictment failed to state facts that constituted a crime, and ordered dismissal of his indictment."
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Innocence Proved By:	Pete Seeger's convictions were overturned on appeal in May 1962.
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Age When Imprisoned:	42
Age When Released:	43
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
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Peter Seeger

Charge:

Contempt of Congress

Sentence:

1 year

Years Imprisoned:

0.75

Year Crime:

1955

Year Convicted:

1961

Year Cleared:

1962

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

District of Columbia - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

District of Columbia

City of Crime:

Washington DC

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Pete Seeger's convictions were overturned on appeal in May 1962.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

42

Age When Released:

43

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"Pete Seeger, Wikipedia.org (last visited July 7, 2014)"

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Seeger

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