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thanked the jury and dismissed them. A half hour later Hiss and his wife wended their way down the courthouse steps through a crowd of photographers and reporters into a car. Someone thrust a microphone into the car, and Hiss said, "I have no comment."
On January 25, 1950, the judge sentenced Hiss to five years in prison for each count—the sentences to run concurrently, or at the same time. Hiss spoke at the sentencing: "I want to say that I am confident that in the future the full facts of how Whittaker Chambers carried out the forgery by typewriter will be disclosed."
HISS IS 6DILTY!
Headline from the New York Journal American
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