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Arthur Miller

Released
Date of birth:17. 10. 1915
Date of death:10. 02. 2005
Age:89 Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Civil Liberties
Arthur Miller

Biography

Arthur Miller, the playwright, was cited for contempt of Congress in 1956 (the House voted 373–9) after he refused, as a matter of conscience, to name people present at meetings of Communist writers he had attended years earlier. He had just been granted a passport and married Marilyn Monroe; his conviction was later overturned on appeal.

Case

Charges: Contempt of Congress
Sentence: Faced up to a year and a $1,000 fine Charges as recorded: Contempt of Congress — for refusing to name names before HUAC
Convicted: Cited for contempt 1956; prosecution referred to the Justice Department