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Hiss appealed, but his conviction was affirmed by 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 denied certiorari by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence in Lewisburg Federal Prison before being released in 1954.

Hiss appealed, but his conviction was affirmed by 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 denied certiorari by the [[Supreme Court of the United States|Supreme Court]]. Hiss served 44 months of his five-year sentence 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 incriminatory Soviet bloc 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 ==