Shirley Kremen

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
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Biography

Shirley Kremen was a student tried in San Francisco for sheltering Smith Act fugitives Robert Thompson and Sidney Steinberg during the McCarthy era. She was convicted of harboring on April 26, 1954 and sentenced to one year.

Case

Charges: Harboring Communist Smith Act fugitives
Arrested: Aug 27, 1953
Sentenced: May 3, 1954
Incarcerated: May 3, 1954
Sentence: One year. Released on appeal bail sometime between May 3 and July 19, 1954 (a July 19, 1954 defense report listed the other defendants as still jailed for want of an appeal bond but not her); exact date unconfirmed. Conviction reversed by the U.S. Supreme Court in Kremen v. United States, 353 U.S. 346 (1957), over the FBI’s warrantless seizure of the cabin’s contents. Verdict as recorded: Yes — jury verdict April 26, 1954
Convicted: Yes

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