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== Conviction ==

== Conviction ==

The first trial ended in a hung jury, with eight for conviction and four against. The second trial produced a unanimous verdict: Guilty on both counts. Hiss appealed, but the verdict was upheld at the Court of Appeals<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hissappellate.html ''United States v Alger Hiss'', 185 F. 2d 822] (Second Circuit Court of Appeals, December 7, 1950)</ref> and the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]] Hiss was sentenced to five years, and served 44 months in Lewisburg Federal Prison before being released in 1954.

The first trial ended in a hung jury, with eight for conviction and four against. The second trial produced a unanimous verdict: Guilty on both counts. Hiss appealed, but the verdict was upheld at the Court of Appeals<ref>[http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/hiss/hissappellate.html ''United States v Alger Hiss'', 185 F. 2d 822] (Second Circuit Court of Appeals, December 7, 1950)</ref> and the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. Hiss was sentenced to five years, and served 44 months in Lewisburg Federal Prison before being released in 1954.

Disbarred, Hiss became a salesman. But, despite the mountains of evidence against him that only increased as Soviet bloc incriminatory documents came to light following the collapse of Communism, Hiss continued for the rest of his life to claim innocence.  

Disbarred, Hiss became a salesman. But, despite the mountains of evidence against him that only increased as Soviet bloc incriminatory documents came to light following the collapse of Communism, Hiss continued for the rest of his life to claim innocence.

== Corroboration from Soviet archives ==

== Corroboration from Soviet archives ==