Category · Federal clemency record
Espionage Act prosecutions
Convictions under the federal Espionage Act of 1917 and its 1918 sedition amendments.
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Commutation · December 25, 1921 · Warren G. Harding
Eugene Victor Debs
Conviction under the Espionage Act of 1917 for a speech opposing American participation in World War I, delivered in Canton, Ohio in June 1918. Sentenced to 10 years imprisonment.