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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.
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.
In 1972, she was a member of the Harrisburg Defense Committee, a group which raised funds for the trial of antiwar activist Phillip Berrigan. [6] That same year, she was arrested for the first time, after trespassing to pray at the trial of the Harrisburg Seven. After spending almost a week in jail, she was released on April 2, Easter Sunday. [5]
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]
Last week, the five surviving defendants of the 1973 Gainesville Eight trial − one of several Nixon-era conspiracy trials aimed at suppressing anti-war activism − returned for another group ...
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For example, in the 1975 Joan Little trial, defense attorneys used an astrologer to help choose the jury. More rigorous methodology was on display during the first major use of SJS, the 1972 Harrisburg Seven trial. [6] During that trial, social scientists used demographic characteristics to identify biases in favor of conviction.