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Posthumous Pardons for Montana's WWI Seditionists [5min]

A group of law students is seeking posthumous pardons for Montana residents convicted of sedition during World War I. The men were convicted under the state's Sedition Act, then considered the harshest in the nation. Hope Stockwell of member station KUFM reports on the pardon project.
Read entire article at NPR "Day to Day"