Petros Lezos

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:New York
Support
Communism
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Biography

Petros Lezos was ordered deported to Greece in 1953 despite an earlier grant of asylum. His case was part of the wave of McCarran-Walter Act deportation actions against foreign-born radicals.

Case

Charges: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act.
Sentence: Ordered deported to Greece. Verdict as recorded: Faced deportation (no criminal conviction). Charges as recorded: Deportation proceedings under the McCarran-Walter Act for alleged Communist/radical affiliation, despite an earlier grant of asylum.
Convicted: No

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