Iva Toguri d'Aquino

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Charge:	Treason
Sentence:	10 years
Years Imprisoned:	10
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Year Convicted:	1949
Year Cleared:	1977
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	California - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	San Francisco
City of Crime:	San Francisco
Result:	Pardoned
Summary of Case:	"Iva Toguri d'Aquino was wrongly convicted of treason in 1949 for broadcasting over Radio Tokyo as "Tokyo Rose" during WWII. Pardoned by President Ford in 1977, the first time someone convicted of treason had been pardoned."
Conviction Caused By:	False prosecution - prosecutor's knew she was innocent
Innocence Proved By:	Testimony of her co-workers at Radio Tokyo that she tried to subvert the Japanese radio propaganda effort.
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Sex:	Female
Skin/Ethnicity:	Asian
Information Source 1:	"They Called Her Traitor," J. Kingston Pierce, American History, October 2002, pp. 22-28."
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Iva Toguri d'Aquino

Charge:

Treason

Sentence:

10 years

Years Imprisoned:

10

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1949

Year Cleared:

1977

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

California - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

San Francisco

City of Crime:

San Francisco

Result:

Pardoned

Summary of Case:

"Iva Toguri d'Aquino was wrongly convicted of treason in 1949 for broadcasting over Radio Tokyo as "Tokyo Rose" during WWII. Pardoned by President Ford in 1977, the first time someone convicted of treason had been pardoned."

Conviction Caused By:

False prosecution - prosecutor's knew she was innocent

Innocence Proved By:

Testimony of her co-workers at Radio Tokyo that she tried to subvert the Japanese radio propaganda effort.

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Female

Skin/Ethnicity:

Asian

Information Source 1:

"They Called Her Traitor," J. Kingston Pierce, American History, October 2002, pp. 22-28."

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"Orphan Ann" Home Page"

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www.dyarstraights.com/orphan_ann/orphanan.html

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