Jacob Burck

Released
Date of birth:10. 01. 1907
Date of death:11. 05. 1982
Age:75† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Illinois
Support
Communism
Jacob Burck

Biography

Jacob Burck was a Pulitzer Prize-winning newspaper cartoonist in Chicago who faced deportation on contradicted informer testimony. The case sought to deport him over alleged Communist affiliation.

Case

Charges: Faced deportation under the Walter-McCarran Act on contradicted informer testimony alleging Communist affiliation.
Sentence: Deportation proceedings. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation/citizenship action (no criminal conviction).
Convicted: No

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