Word: berrigans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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From the beginning, the defense contended that the letters between the Rev. Philip Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth McAlister, some of which alluded to the kidnaping of Henry Kissinger and the blowing up of heating tunnels in Washington, D.C., were merely loose talk. "Conspiracy," said Assistant Defense Attorney Leonard Boudin in his closing argument, "is when a group of people get together and make a commitment-a firm commitment-to action." Countered Chief Prosecutor William Lynch: "Words are the trigger of action." In the end, no amount of words could trigger the jury to action. Last week, after seven days...
...jurors did find Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth guilty of the charge of illegally smuggling their letters in and out of the Lewisburg, Pa., federal prison where the Catholic priest was serving a six-year term for destroying Selective Service records. Convicted on seven smuggling counts in all, Berrigan and Sister Elizabeth face possible maximum sentences of 40 and 30 years respectively for violating the prison contraband law. The defense was quick to point out, however, that the rule is primarily concerned with drugs and weapons and that the smuggling of letters is so commonplace as to be generally overlooked. Laying...
...only non-Catholic defendant, announced to cheering supporters: "My plans are to get out of here as soon as I can and go into the streets to protest the Viet Nam War. We have not been frightened by the Government." Referring to the prison letters, the Rev. Daniel Berrigan predicted: "They'll probably be a literary treasure in a few years...
...CASE OF WALTER COLLINS, a black activist thrown in jail for resisting the draft, has not received the same attention in the North as the cases of Angela Davis or the Berrigan brothers...
...another letter to Sister Elizabeth, Berrigan talked about recruiting some fellow prisoners. "The young guys here more and more sit in on our rap sessions. They are car thieves, bank robbers, old experienced cons for all their young ages. They are creative, personable, funny, violent, racist, but what an injection they'll add to our movement. We hope that before they leave here to have them started on an investigation of life-one which will put their talents at our disposal...