Alan Shaw

AKA: Alan Lifshutz
Released
Date of birth:13. 11. 1918
Age:107
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Oklahoma
Support
Communism Communist Party USA
Alan Shaw

Biography

Alan Shaw was the 22-year-old Oklahoma City secretary of the Communist Party, arrested in August 1940 and held in the Oklahoma County Jail on $20,000 bond — spending his 22nd birthday in jail. Tried in December 1940, he was convicted and sentenced to ten years plus a $5,000 fine under the criminal-syndicalism law.

Case

Oklahoma County Jail
Charges: Criminal syndicalism (Oklahoma) — as the Oklahoma City secretary of the Communist Party.
Arrested: Aug 17, 1940
Sentenced: Dec 9, 1940
Incarcerated: Aug 17, 1940
Sentence: Ten years and a $5,000 fine
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Oklahoma

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