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Morris Zucker

Released
Gender:Male
Race:White
Era:1910s
State:Pennsylvania
Support
Anarchism Socialism Communism Anti-Militarism Industrial Workers of the World (IWW) Socialist Party of America
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Biography

Morris Zucker, a Socialist from Brooklyn, New York, was sentenced to fifteen years in prison for giving a seditious speech.

Case

United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth
Charges: Federal prosecution under the Espionage Act of 1917 and/or the Sedition Act of 1918.
Incarcerated: Jan 20, 1919
Released: June 1923
Sentence: Fifteen years in prison (Espionage/Sedition Act conviction).
Institution State: Kansas