Skip to content

Dwight Freeman

Released
Full name:Dwight James Freeman
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Hawaii
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Dwight Freeman

Biography

Dwight Freeman was a construction worker and Communist who was among the Hawaii Seven prosecuted under the Smith Act during the McCarthy era. He was convicted in July 1953 of conspiring to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government.

Court records name Dwight James Freeman. Fisk reports a week jailed awaiting post-verdict bail; convictions were reversed in January 1958.

Fujimoto, 107 F. Supp. 865, counsel roster; Fisk, The Fire Last Time, printed pages 3026–3027.

Case

Charges: Conspiracy to advocate the overthrow of the U.S. government (Smith Act)
Arrested: Aug 28, 1951
Sentenced: Jul 3, 1953
Incarcerated: Jul 4, 1953
Sentence: 5 years in prison and a $10,000 fine
Judge: Jon Wiig
Indicted: August 29, 1951 — federal grand jury, District of Hawaii; Smith Act conspiracy, United States v. Fujimoto et al.
Convicted: Yes