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Seven of the eight defendants in January 1972: Wenderoth, McLaughlin, Glick, McAlister, Ahmad, and the Scoblicks. The Harrisburg Seven were a group of religious anti-war activists, led by Philip Berrigan, charged in 1971 in a failed conspiracy case in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, located in Harrisburg.
Philip Francis Berrigan SSJ (October 5, 1923 – December 6, 2002) was an American peace activist and Catholic priest [1] [2] [3] with the Josephites. [4] [5] He engaged in nonviolent, civil disobedience in the cause of peace and nuclear disarmament and was often arrested.
Harrisburg's site along the Susquehanna River is thought to have been inhabited by Native Americans as early as 3000 BC. Known to the Native Americans as "Peixtin", or "Paxtang", the area was an important resting place and crossroads for Native American traders with trails leading from the Delaware to the Ohio rivers and from the Potomac to the Upper Susquehanna intersecting there.
Zoia Markovna Horn (née Polisar; March 14, 1918 – July 12, 2014) [1] was an American librarian who in 1972 became the first United States librarian to be jailed for refusing to share information as a matter of conscience. [2]
Elizabeth McAlister (born November 17, 1939 [1]) is an American peace activist and former nun of the Religious of the Sacred Heart of Mary. [2] [3] [4] She married Philip Berrigan and was excommunicated from the Catholic Church.
William Moses Kunstler (July 7, 1919 – September 4, 1995) was an American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the Chicago Seven. [1] Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the co-founder of the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), the "leading gathering place for radical lawyers in ...
Daniel Joseph Berrigan SJ (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016) was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, Christian pacifist, playwright, poet, and author.. Berrigan's protests against the Vietnam War earned him both scorn and admiration, especially regarding his association with the Catonsville Nine.
Former Attorney General Ramsey Clark rated jurors and led the discussion among defendants, attorneys, and social scientists about jury selection in the Harrisburg Seven case. [3] During jury selection in the United States, attorneys have two options for excluding potential jurors.