Thomas Mooney
American political activist and labor leader / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Thomas Joseph Mooney (December 8, 1882 – March 6, 1942) was an American political activist and labor leader, who was convicted with Warren K. Billings of the San Francisco Preparedness Day Bombing of 1916. It quickly became apparent that Mooney and Billings had been convicted based on falsified evidence and perjured testimony; and the Mooney case and campaigns to free him became an international cause célèbre for two decades, with a substantial number of publications demonstrating the falsity of the conviction. These publications and the facts of the case are surveyed in Richard H. Frost, The Mooney Case (Stanford University Press, 1968). Mooney served 22 years in prison before finally being pardoned in 1939.
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Born | Thomas Joseph Mooney (1882-12-08)December 8, 1882 Chicago, Illinois, US |
Died | March 6, 1942(1942-03-06) (aged 59) San Francisco, California, US |
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37.6735°N 122.45519°W / 37.6735; -122.45519 |
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Known for | Wrongful conviction for 1916 Preparedness Day bombing |
Criminal status | Released in 1939; pardoned in 1961 |
Spouse | Rena Hermann |
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Penalty | Death, commuted to life imprisonment |
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Date apprehended | July 26, 1916 |
Imprisoned at | San Quentin State Prison |