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Sam Weinstein

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1930s
State:New York
Support
Labor Organizing
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Biography

Sam Weinstein was a decorated World War veteran and leader of the 1932 Muskin Manufacturing Company furniture strike in New York, a member of the Furniture Workers' Industrial Union, framed for an assault on strikebreakers in the Bronx and convicted of second-degree manslaughter on 20 February 1933, facing a further charge carrying twenty years to life.

Case

Charges: Framed for assault on strikebreakers during the Muskin furniture strike, New York.
Arrested: July 1932
Sentence: Facing twenty years to life. Verdict as recorded: Convicted of second-degree manslaughter, 20 February 1933
Convicted: Yes