Biography
Al Richmond was the editor of the San Francisco Daily People's World, the West Coast Communist newspaper. He was among the California Smith Act defendants arrested in 1951 and held on $75,000 bail — one of several Communist editors jailed in the roundup.
Reported sentence under William C. Mathes: five years and $10,000, not established actual service. 1952 report.
In Yates v. United States (1957), the Supreme Court ordered Al Richmond’s acquittal, finding the evidence insufficient. This appellate direction does not establish the physical release day. 354 U.S. 298, 328–331 (1957).
