Abstract
On February 20, 1970, the 5-month-long Chicago Conspiracy Trial finally concluded. Although Judge Hoffman denied bail for all the defendants, stating that they were clearly “dangerous persons to be at large,” the Court of Appeal for the United States Northern District granted bail for all the defendants and bond was posted by their lawyers on February 28, 1970. In a front-page article the following day, the New York Times appeared to support the decision to release the defendants from jail as they framed the article around the hailing of the defendants’ release by a “shouting crowd of supporters and newsmen.” Clearly, the Chicago Conspiracy Trial and Judge Hoffman’s handling of the case was an embarrassment to the New York Times and the liberal establishment and the sooner the reminder of the apparent oppression visited on the defendants could be removed from public view the better.
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Notes
- 1.
Clavir and Spitzer, (Eds.) The Conspiracy Trial, p. 600 and J. Anthony Lukas, “Chicago 7 Freed on $155,000 Bail: U.S. Court of Appeals Acts - Defendants are Hailed after 2 Weeks in Jail”, New York Times, March 1, 1970, pp. 1 and 44.
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Lukas, “Chicago 7 Freed”, p. 1.
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Schultz, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, p. 362.
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See Ibid., p. 369 and United States of America vs. David Dellinger et al 472 F. 2d 340 (1972).
- 5.
See Schultz, The Chicago Conspiracy Trial, pp. 377–78 and 382.
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See Gitlin, The Sixties, pp. 243–260.
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See Gitlin, The Whole World is Watching, pp. 209–210.
- 8.
See Lukas, The Barnyard Epithet, pp. 2–3 in relation to liberal support for the Federal court’s efforts in ending segregation.
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Sharman, N. (2016). Conclusion. In: The Chicago Conspiracy Trial and the Press. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55938-8_8
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