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2 unusual facts about Seditious conspiracy


Seditious conspiracy

In 1980, Puerto Rican Nationalist Carmen Valentín Pérez and nine other women and men were charged with seditious conspiracy for attempting to overthrown the government of the United States in Puerto Rico, and were each given sentences of up to 90 years in prison.

Since World War I, they have won numerous seditious conspiracy cases against Puerto Rican independentistas, communists and others on the left, but no one on the radical right has ever been convicted of plotting to overthrow by force of arms the government of the United States.



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