Albert Shadowitz

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
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Biography

Albert Shadowitz was an engineer who refused to answer Senator McCarthy's questions on the advice of Albert Einstein during the McCarthy era. He was cited and indicted in 1954 for contempt of Congress.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Cited for contempt of Congress Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing, on First/Fifth Amendment grounds, to answer a Congressional committee
Convicted: Cited and indicted 1954

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