Albert Goldman

AKA: Albert Verblen
Released
Date of birth:1897
Date of death:15. 12. 1960
Age:63† Deceased
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1940s
State:Illinois
Time Imprisoned:
3 Years 1 Month 7 Days
Support
Communism Socialist Workers Party
Albert Goldman

Biography

Belarusian-Jewish-born Chicago lawyer who served as Leon Trotsky's American attorney and represented him at the 1937 Dewey Commission hearings in Mexico City. Originally a CP legal-defense attorney, expelled 1933 for Trotskyism. In the 1941 Minneapolis trial was both chief defense counsel and a defendant; made the closing argument for the SWP. Disbarred after his conviction. 16 months federal prison.

Case

FCI Sandstone
Charges: Smith Act conspiracy (18 U.S.C. § 2385).
Arrested: Jul 14, 1941
Sentenced: Dec 7, 1941
Incarcerated: Dec 7, 1941
Released: Jan 14, 1945
Sentence: 16 months federal prison
Prosecutor: Victor E. Anderson
Judge: Hon. Matthew M. Joyce
Convicted: Yes
Institution State: Minnesota

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