James Dolsen

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

James Dolsen was an elderly Pittsburgh Communist and journalist tried under the Pennsylvania sedition law and indicted under the federal Smith Act in 1951.

Case

Charges: Pennsylvania sedition law and the Smith Act — as a Pittsburgh Communist Party leader.
Sentence: State sedition conviction (later voided after Pennsylvania v. Nelson). Verdict as recorded: Convicted under the state sedition law (1951); federal Smith Act defendant.
Convicted: Yes

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