Word: juror
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...four days before reaching a verdict on the charges against the Chicago Seven-which were that they had conspired to incite a riot during the 1968 convention, and that they had individually crossed state lines with intent to foment a riot. In the long days of the trial, the jurors-ordinary Americans perplexed by the impassioned pleas and portentous issues set before them-had almost become forgotten people. At first a majority of eight, including the two men, favored convicting all of the defendants of both conspiracy and the individual charges; three women insisted on complete acquittal, one vacillated between...