Theo Fedotoff

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:New Jersey
Time Imprisoned:
5 Years 17 Days
Support
Socialism Anti-Militarism
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Biography

Theo Fedotoff, a Socialist from Bayonne, New Jersey, began serving a prison sentence for obstructing recruitment on May 15, 1918. He was sentenced to ten years for seditious remarks made in addressing a meeting of Russian workers for the purpose of starting a school.

Case

Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Incarcerated: May 15, 1918
Released: June 1923
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).

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