what was alfred dreyfus tried and convicted of
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- Cataloger’s summary: In 1894 Alfred Dreyfus, a young French officer and Jew was sentenced to lifelong imprisonment and public degradation. He was accused of giving away military secrets to Germany. He was tried and convicted because of the racist view of the French, at the time, towards Jews. He was later vindicated, after serving time at the Devil's Island penal colony. Historians discuss the trial and imprisonment as well as the racist atmosphere of France at the time.
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The Trials of Alger Hiss  ( 1980) Good Documentary about 'The Case of the Century'. This movie is a paean of praise to Alger Hiss – a distinguished lawyer, diplomat, and foundation head, a symbol of the New Deal and American Establishment. In 1950 Hiss was convicted of perjury for denying that he had spied for the Soviet Union in 1937 and 1938.
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Richard Dreyfuss Sues Father and Uncle, Again Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images. Actor Richard Dreyfuss is suing his father and his uncle to dissolve their business partnership and demand repayment of a $870,000 loan he made to them.
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- On October 15, Captain Alfred Dreyfus, an artillery officer and recent graduate of the Ecole Superieure supérieure De guerre who was assigned to The General staff for a probationary, period was told to appear at The ministry Of war in civilian. dress
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- During World War I, anti-war activist and anarachist Jacob Abrams was convicted under the Sedition Act of 1918 for distributing socialist pamphlets. The Supreme Court upheld the conviction over a dissent from Justices Holmes and Brandeis. Above, a 1914 anarchist rally in New York's Union Square.
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- 1 Emerson Begolly: sentenced July 16, 2013 to eight years and six months in prison for soliciting others to engage in acts of terrorism within the United States and for using a firearm in relation to an assault on FBI agents.
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Martha Stewart Found Guilty Martha Stewart Found Guilty. Martha Stewart Martha Stewart , the domestic diva and founder of Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia , was found guilty in her obstruction of justice trial today. Her co-defendant and stockbroker Peter Bacanovic Peter Bacanovic was also found guilty on four counts out of five.
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How Much Is Wrongful Imprisonment Worth? $96 an Hour Alan Newton (pictured) was convicted of rape and jailed 22 years before being cleared by DNA evidence in 2006. Yesterday, a jury awarded him $18.5 million in compensation.
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- In the 2006 reboot of The Pink Panther, Dreyfus (again as Chief Inspector) uses Clouseau as a decoy while he himself attempts to solve the crimes. Dreyfus merely views Clouseau as an idiot and never attempts to have him killed, whereas Clouseau attacks his employer at one point, mistaking his identity.
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Muhammad Ali (I)  (1942â2016) In June 1967, Ali was convicted of violating the Selective Service Act (knowingly and willfully refusing to report for and submit to induction into the armed forces), and was sentenced to five years in prison and fined $100,000.
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Byron York: The sordid case behind Jared Kushner's grudge against Chris Christie Another Kushner brother-in-law, his wife's brother Richard Stadtmauer, was charged in the tax evasion scheme, and was convicted and sentenced to three years in prison. Beyond that, the Kushner family also brought employees into the fraud, with three Kushner Companies workers charged in the matter.
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Russian double agent sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison Alexander Poteyev, who is believed to be hiding in the US, found guilty of treason and desertion over Anna Chapman ring. Chief justice Alexander Ababkov (back centre) announces a sentence, in absentia, on the Russian foreign intelligence service's Colonel Alexander Poteyev in the Moscow district military court.
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Ex âYoung and the Restlessâ star Victoria Rowell sues soap opera for racism Ex ‘Young and the Restless’ star Victoria Rowell sues soap opera for racism. Victoria Rowell played the character Drucilla Winters, who was written off the show after she went insane and fell off a cliff. She’s not young, and they’re all racist. A former star of the “Young and Restless” soap opera sued the producers of the show Wednesday for not re-hiring her for racist reasons. Victoria Rowell, who is black and played the character Drucilla Winters, appeared in over 2,000 episodes from 1990 to 2007, documents filed in Manhattan Federal Court charge.
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- Ethel and Julius Rosenberg. Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (September 28, 1915 – June 19, 1953) and Julius Rosenberg (May 12, 1918 – June 19, 1953) were American communists who were convicted and executed in 1953 for conspiracy to commit espionage during a time of war.
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Man involved in Paul Pierce stabbing gets 30 years for trying to kill federal drug informant Universal Hub. Menu. Man involved in Paul Pierce stabbing gets 30 years for trying to kill federal drug informant. Trevor Watson, 44, was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison last week by a judge who called him a terrorist for repeatedly stabbing a man working as an informant for the Drug Enforcement Administration.
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Alger Hiss (1904-96). Alger Hiss, the former United States diplomat who was accused of spying for the Soviet Union throughout World War II and the postwar restoration, was convicted of perjury in 1950 for having denied he passed Department of State secrets to a Communist courier.
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- Share this: In the conclusion to one of the most spectacular trials in U.S. history, former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. He was convicted of having perjured himself in regards to testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during World War II.
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- The trial of French army Capt. Alfred Dreyfus was the most explosive affair ever to disrupt the French Third Republic. In 1894 Dreyfus was charged with passing military secrets to Col. Max von Schwartzkoppen, German military attache in Paris.
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Hollywood blacklist In early 1948 all of the Hollywood Ten were convicted of contempt. Following a series of unsuccessful appeals, the cases arrived before the Supreme Court; among the submissions filed in defense of the ten was an amicus curiae brief signed by 204 Hollywood professionals.
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- According to Wikipedia, in 2007 Sergei Mavrodi was found guilty in a Russian court of defrauding 10,000 investors out of 110 million roubles or about $4.3 million. But more about Mavrodi and his businesses later. MMM India, the Ponzi scheme says it is neither a company nor a business but a mutual mutual aid fund.
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- Rosenbergs executed. On this day in 1953, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, who were convicted of conspiring to pass U.S. atomic secrets to the Soviets, are executed at Sing Sing Prison in Ossining, New York. Both refused to admit any wrongdoing and proclaimed their innocence right up to the time of their deaths, by the electric chair.
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H. R. Haldeman On January 1, 1975, Haldeman was convicted of conspiracy and obstruction of justice. He was sentenced to serve 2½ to 8 years, reduced to 1 to 4 years after appeal. In Lompoc Federal Prison, he worked as a chemist in the sewage treatment facility.
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Frequently asked questions Edward Snowden has been charged by the US government with theft and two charges under the 1917 Espionage Act. These charges together incur a maximum 30-year prison sentence and, as happened in Chelsea Manning’s case, it is possible that a second set of charges might be added at a later date.
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Russian double agent sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison Russian double agent sentenced in absentia to 25 years in prison. A Russian double agent who fled to the US after betraying the espionage ring which included Anna Chapman has been convicted in absentia and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Alexander Poteyev was found guilty of state treason and desertion.
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- Alger Hiss convicted of perjury. In the conclusion to one of the most spectacular trials in U.S. history, former State Department official Alger Hiss is convicted of perjury. He was convicted of having perjured himself in regards to testimony about his alleged involvement in a Soviet spy ring before and during World War II.
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Talk:Alfred Jodl This article is probably the most ill-informed history article I have seen on Wikipedia. Jodl was convicted based on his participation of the Commissar and Commando orders, his role in the appalling treatment of Soviet POW's, and his planning of aggressive war in Eastern Europe.