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Jacob Daniel Webster Greene

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1950s
State:Indiana
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Anti-War Civil Liberties
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Biography

Jacob Daniel Webster Greene was prosecuted for criminal libel in Harrison County, Indiana for distributing antiwar reprints critical of President Truman and the Korean War. He was first committed to a hospital for the criminally insane for six months 'for observation' — then found sane — and held for trial.

Case

Charges: Criminal libel.
Arrested: Dec 18, 1951
Incarcerated: Dec 18, 1951
Sentence: Six months' psychiatric commitment; awaited trial.