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...Gray's key points focuses aptly on the case of the Harrisburg Eight. In the Berrigans' view, protest must remain "nonviolent," but continually escalate if it is unsuccessful. Each of them-and particularly Philip, who was indicted by the grand jury-fears that once a form of demonstration has been tried, it will soon become assimilated into the mainstream of conventional political action, "part of the liberal bag." The Berrigans took part in each escalating stage of the antiwar protest in order to build the right kind of momentum in the developing confrontation with the U. S. government. With each...
...District Judge Dixon Herman entered a plea of "not guilty" on behalf of Father Philip Berrigan and six of the seven other persons indicted with him on conspiracy charges when the defendants refused to enter pleas at their arraignment in Harrisburg yesterday...
...eight defendants were arraigned in February on the charges contained in the original conspiracy indictment issued by the Harrisburg Grand Jury on January 12. The Grand Jury issued new, "superseding" indictments against them and two other defendants on April...
...government did not explicitly deny that it had used wiretaps previous to January 12, nor did it deny that it had eavesdropped on conversations between the lawyers and some of the witnesses who were ordered to appear before the Grand Jury in Harrisburg...
Boudin argued that if each Harrisburg defendant is not tried separately, the government will have to forego introducing letters at trial which contain incriminating references to other defendants who had no part in writing the letters. He cited Supreme Court opinions which hold that the idea that a jury can be instructed successfully to disregard such evidence is a "fiction...