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Sat Jan 5 2008
Conspiracy Charge Dropped Against 5 of the SF 8
Richard O'Neal Likely to Be Freed as Charges Against Him are Dropped
On Friday, January 4th, prosecutors in the San Francisco 8 case announced that they are filing an amended complaint, in effect dropping the conspiracy count against 5 of the brothers because the statute of limitations (of 3 years on conspiracy charges) has expired. This is a result of defense motions filed recently that challenged the complaint on the basis of expired statute of limitations. Ray Boudreaux, Richard Brown, Hank Jones and Harold Taylor now only face one count, the alleged murder of a San Francisco Police Officer in 1971. The case against Richard O'Neal must now be dismissed since he was originally charged only in the conspiracy count.

The prosecutors will argue that the statute of limitations did not expire against Herman Bell, Jalil Muntaqim and Francisco Torres, as they did not reside in California during the last 35 years. "This is a ridiculous argument," according to defense attorney Stuart Hanlon, "as these men were forcefully removed from the state against their will by being imprisoned. Following his acquittal on charges in New York State, Cisco Torres was living in New York City. All 3 were consistently available to California State prosecutors." This legal point will be argued in the upcoming San Francisco hearing on January 10th, and their lawyers will ask that the conspiracy count be dropped against the other 3 men.

The Committee for the Defense of Human Rights wrote "This is a major victory in this case which rests on statements coerced under torture." Defense attorney Stuart Hanlon said, "This is the first step in the government's case falling apart." Read more

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