'Chicago 7' found not guilty

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Lucas Paul Richert (University of Saskatchewan)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 3.2.4: American (US) Writing and Culture: Postwar and Contemporary, 1945-present.
Vol. editors: Sofia Ahlberg (Uppsala University), Patrick Chura (University of Akron), Emory Elliott (University of California, Riverside), Dale Enggass (University of Utah), Christopher Hugh Gair (University of Glasgow), Matthew Hofer (University of New Mexico), Stephen E. Meats (Pittsburg State University), Kerry Myler (Birmingham Newman University), Justin Parks (UiT - The Arctic University of Norway), Nick Selby (University of East Anglia)

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Politics

Dates

Date of occurrence 1970-02-18

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United States (Location)

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On 18 February, a federal jury found the 'Chicago 7' anti-war activists not guilty of conspiring to incite riots during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. However, 5 of the defendants were found guilty of crossing state lines with intent to incite riots.

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Citation: Richert, Lucas Paul. "'Chicago 7' found not guilty". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 01 November 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=5681, accessed 16 April 2024.]

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