François-Marie Aroue Voltaire

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Charge:	"Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc)"
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Years Imprisoned:	0.5
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Year Convicted:	1716
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U.S. State or Country of Crime:	France
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Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Voltaire, was wrongly convicted of sedition. Voltaire's real name was François Marie Arouet. He adopted the name Voltaire after being imprisoned in the Bastille in 1718 when he was 24 years old."
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Age When Imprisoned:	22
Age When Released:	22
Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	Obituary of Voltaire
Information Location 1:	http://obits.com/voltaire.html
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François-Marie Aroue Voltaire

Charge:

"Sedition (includes mockery of authority/king/monarchy, etc)"

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

0.5

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

1716

Year Cleared:

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

France

County or Region of Crime:

City of Crime:

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

"Voltaire, was wrongly convicted of sedition. Voltaire's real name was François Marie Arouet. He adopted the name Voltaire after being imprisoned in the Bastille in 1718 when he was 24 years old."

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

22

Age When Released:

22

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

Information Source 1:

Obituary of Voltaire

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http://obits.com/voltaire.html

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