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Vincent Hallinan
1953
Vivian Hallinan & Hallinan Kids
1962

Vincent Hallinan

Vincent Hallinan

Vivian Hallinan being arrested, 1962

Vivian Hallinan being arrested at San Francisco civil rights protest (1962)

In l953 Vincent Hallinan ran for President of the United States (as the candidate for Henry Wallace’s Progressive Party) and was also indicted (along with his wife, Vivian) by the IRS on 14 counts of tax evasion.

Vivian was acquitted, but Vincent was convicted on five counts and was fined $622,000 and sentenced to 18 months in federal prison. This was his second federal prison term, having served a six month term after the Harry Bridges’s trial.

In the l962 Vivian Hallinan and four of her sons, Terrence, Patrick, Con and Matthew, each received a fine and 30 days in jail relating to civil rights demonstrations.

 


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