Dorothy Forest

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Missouri
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Dorothy Forest was a Communist Party defendant indicted in St. Louis in 1953 under the Smith Act. The Smith Act made it a crime to advocate overthrowing the government.

Case

Charges: Smith Act — indicted in St. Louis in 1953 as a Communist Party defendant.
Sentence: Prosecuted under the Smith Act.
Convicted: Indicted under the Smith Act (1953).

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