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Vincent Santilli

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
Inmate Number:#13580
State:California
Support
Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW)
Vincent Santilli

Biography

Vincent Santilli, a miner from Sacramento, California, was convicted at the mass IWW trial in Sacramento and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served in local county jails and Leavenworth Penitentiary from December 1917 to September 1, 1923.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918 (mass IWW trial in Sacramento).
Sentence: Ten years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas