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Sidney Weinbaum

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

Sidney Weinbaum was a Caltech scientist convicted in 1950 in an early Cold War loyalty prosecution for making false statements denying Communist Party membership. He was prosecuted in federal court in California.

Case

Charges: False statements / perjury (denying Communist Party membership)
Sentence: Unknown Verdict as recorded: Yes — convicted 1950, federal court, California
Convicted: Yes