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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 ...
Any person convicted of treason against the United States also forfeits the right to hold public office in the United States. [5] The terms used in the definition derive from English legal tradition, specifically the Treason Act 1351. Levying war means the assembly of armed people to overthrow the government or to resist its laws.
People convicted of treason against South Africa (1 C, 21 P) People convicted of treason against South Korea (7 P) People convicted of treason against the Soviet Union (1 C, 3 P)
People executed for treason against a state of the United States (4 P) Pages in category "People convicted of treason against a state of the United States" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
Cramer moved to the United States in 1925, and was naturalized in 1936. He was a former member of the Friends of New Germany, a pro-Nazi organization based in the United States, which was the predecessor German American Bund. Cramer left the organization in 1935, believing it was a scam, and disliking some of their "radical activities".
Virginia v. John Brown was a criminal trial held in Charles Town, Virginia, in October 1859.The abolitionist John Brown was quickly prosecuted for treason against the Commonwealth of Virginia, murder, and inciting a slave insurrection, all part of his raid on the United States federal arsenal at Harpers Ferry, Virginia.
In September 2022, a court in Moscow convicted him of treason and sentenced him to 22 years in prison. Safronov rose to prominence as a military affairs reporter for Kommersant, a leading business ...
The Constitution defines treason as specific acts, namely "levying War against [the United States], or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort." A contrast is therefore maintained with the English law, whereby crimes including conspiring to kill the King or "violating" the Queen, were punishable as treason.