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The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to ...
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- The Chicago Eight were the first people tried under the first federal anti-riot law. 1968 Riots at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Anti-riot laws were all at the local or state level until the passage of the 1968 Civil Rights Act, which included a provision making it illegal to cross state lines to incite a riot.
- Prominent voices challenged the legitimacy of the anti-riot law. The Chicago Eight: (top L-R) Jerry Rubin, Abbie Hoffman,Tom Hayden, Rennie Davis, Bobby Seale, Lee Weiner, John Froines and David Dellinger, circa 1968.&
- There was a clear cultural clash between the judge and the defendants. Judge Julius Hoffman, 1969. During the trial, yippies Hoffman and Rubin sometimes used unusual tactics to draw attention to their arguments.
- The judge ordered Bobby Seale to be chained and gagged in court. Courtroom drawing of Bobby Seale bound and gagged during the trial, by Franklin McMahon.
Oct 15, 2020 · Written and directed by Aaron Sorkin ( The Social Network, A Few Good Men ), the movie dramatizes the infamous, at times farcical, trial of eight men accused by President Nixon’s Justice...
Sep 23, 2022 · Eight defendants, Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, Lee Weiner, and Bobby Seale, were charged by the federal government with several accusations that included conspiracy and crossing state lines to incite riots.
Sep 27, 2020 · The historic trial of the Chicago Seven saw prominent antiwar activists charged with conspiracy to incite a riot while crossing state lines. The riot in question took place outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention — and it happened during an incredibly tense time in American history.
At the trial’s conclusion a jury of 10 whites and two African Americans acquitted all seven remaining defendants—the so-called “Chicago Seven”—of the conspiracy charges. However, they found Hoffman, Rubin, Dellinger, Davis, and Hayden guilty of crossing state boundaries with the intent to incite a riot.
Conspiracy: The Trial of the Chicago 8 is a 1987 HBO original courtroom drama made for television and directed, written and produced by Jeremy Kagan. [1] The film tells the story of the 1969-70 trial of the Chicago Eight (later known as the Chicago Seven ), and is adapted from the trial transcripts and a play The Chicago Conspiracy Trial by Ron ...
