Sylvia Powell

Released
Gender:Female
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:California
Support
Press Freedom Anti-War
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Biography

Sylvia Powell was a co-defendant with her husband John W. Powell and Julian Schuman in the 1956 sedition prosecution over the China Monthly Review's reporting on the Korean War — one of the very few sedition cases the U.S. government brought against journalists in the period.

Case

Charges: Sedition (Espionage Act of 1917)
Sentence: Free on bail awaiting trial Verdict as recorded: Indicted April 1956; awaiting trial Charges as recorded: Sedition (Espionage Act of 1917) — over the China Monthly Review's reporting
Convicted: No — pending trial

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