Otto Janson

AKA: Otto Jansen
Released
Date of birth:19. 08. 1890
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#3149
State:California
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 7 Months 25 Days
Support
Anti-Militarism
Otto Janson

Biography

Otto Janson was an Oakland, California businessman prosecuted for sedition during World War I. He was overheard questioning the United States' involvement in the war in Europe and was charged with causing disloyalty and insubordination in the military and naval forces of the United States under the wartime Espionage and Sedition Acts. Arrested in Oakland on April 13, 1918 — he was held only two days before being released on bond — he was convicted at San Francisco on May 4, 1918, sentenced on May 10, and entered the United States Penitentiary at McNeil Island, Washington (inmate no. 3149) on May 16, 1918. His five-year term was set to expire, with good-time credit, on January 10, 1922.

Case

McNeil Island Federal Penitentiary
Charges: Causing disloyalty and insubordination in the military and naval forces of the United States, under the wartime Espionage Act of 1917 / Sedition Act of 1918.
Arrested: Apr 13, 1918
Sentenced: May 10, 1918
Incarcerated: May 16, 1918
Released: Jan 10, 1922
Sentence: Five years in prison; the term was set to expire, with good-time credit, on January 10, 1922. Verdict as recorded: Convicted at San Francisco, California, on May 4, 1918.
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Washington

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