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During the American Civil War, treason trials were held in Indianapolis against Copperheads for conspiring with the Confederacy against the United States. [60] [61] In addition to treason trials, the federal government passed new laws that allowed prosecutors to try people for the charge of disloyalty. [62]
William Bruce Mumford, convicted of treason and hanged in 1862 for tearing down a United States flag during the American Civil War. Walter Allen was convicted of treason on September 16, 1922 for taking part in the 1921 Miner's March against the coal companies and the U.S. Army at Blair Mountain, West Virginia. He was sentenced to 10 years and ...
Treason is the crime of attacking a state authority to which one owes allegiance. [1] This typically includes acts such as participating in a war against one's native country, attempting to overthrow its government, spying on its military, its diplomats, or its secret services for a hostile and foreign power, or attempting to kill its head of state.
People convicted of treason against a state of the United States (1 C, 5 P) Pages in category "People convicted of treason against the United States" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total.
A post shared on Facebook claims Department of Justice (DOJ) Special Counsel Jack Smith was convicted of treason and executed at Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp. Verdict: False The claim originates ...
People convicted of treason (40 C, 42 P) Pages in category "Traitors in history" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
A Russian American woman from Los Angeles is held in Russia on treason charges, apparently over a donation to a charity for Ukraine. Russia arrests L.A. woman for treason after she gave $50 to ...
The spy met his inglorious end in a Colorado jail cell this week - but his brazen path of treason remains a wild and cautionary tale, writes Sheila Flynn Cop, father, traitor, spy: How Robert ...