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DESCRIPTION:Thursday, January 10\nPress Conference 8:30 - 850 Bryant St\nCourt @ 9:30 
 Department 23 - 3rd Floor\n\nSAN FRANCISCO 8 TO ENTER NOT GUILTY 
 PLEAS!\nCONSPIRACY CHARGES DROPPED AGAINST 5!\n\nOn Friday, January 4th 
 prosecutors in the case announced that they \nare filing an amended 
 complaint against 7 of the 8 which in effect \ndrops the conspiracy count 
 against five of the men because the \nstatute of limitations (of 3 years on 
 conspiracy) has expired. This \nwas a response to defense motions filed 
 recently that challenged the \ncomplaint on the basis of the expired 
 statute of limitations, \nsomething which the prosecution should have been 
 aware of all \nalong.  According to one of the attorney's, Stuart Hanlon, 
 "This is \nthe first step in the government's case falling apart."\n\nSeven 
 defendants (Richard O'Neal no longer faces charges) will enter \nNOT GUILTY 
 pleas in Department 23 at 9:30 am.\n\nA recently launched international 
 campaign calls for the dropping of \nall current charges against the 
 remaining defendants and ending all \nincidents of torture within the U.S. 
 criminal justice system. The \ncall has already been signed by many 
 prominent supporters of the \ndefendants including Nobel Laureate 
 Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South \nAfrica, Danny Glover, actor and human 
 rights activist, Cynthia \nMcKinney, former Congresswoman and current 
 presidential candidate, \nand Cindy Sheehan, founder of Camp Casey Peace 
 Institute, human \nrights activist, and candidate for US 
 Congress.\n\nMembers of the San Francisco 8, their attorneys and their 
 supporters \nwill hold a press conference before their scheduled court 
 appearance. \nCharges against them arise from a 37-year old cold case.  The 
 1971 \ncase was thrown out of the California courts in the 1970s because of 
 \nthe use of statements resulting from police torture.  These same 
 \nunreliable tortured confessions are again being used by the state of 
 \nCalifornia in an attempt to prosecute this 
 case.\n\n\n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\n_______________________________________________\nPlease 
 support these brothers by sending a donation. Make checks payable 
 to\nCDHR/Agape and mail to the address below or donate on 
 line:\n\nwww.freethesf8.org/donate.html\n\nCommittee for the Defense of 
 Human Rights (CDHR)\nPO Box 90221\nPasadena, CA 91109\n(415) 
 226-1120\nFreetheSF8@riseup.net\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/08/18471144.php
SUMMARY:SF8 Court Date
LOCATION:Press Conference 8:30 - 850 Bryant St\nCourt @ 9:30 Department 23 - 3rd 
 Floor
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2008/01/08/18471144.php
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