grand juries

(Video) Grand Juries: A Tool of the Prosecution (Legal Presentation w/ Jordan Kushner)

National Lawyers Guild attorney Jordan Kushner on Federal Grand Juries.  Includes information relevant to the case of the folks who were recently subpoenaed to a grand jury in Chicago. 

Ample Q & A.

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Grand Jury Training

 

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Sun, 10/10/2010 - 11:30 to 13:30

The Return of the Conspiracy Tour

The Conspiracy Tour is in its last week on the road! After going around a ton of the country, the Tour is working its way up the West Coast and will be heading back to the Midwest this weekend.  The welcome home event in Minneapolis is on Thursday, August 26.

Location: PPNA Building, 821 East 35th St.
Time: 6pm

You can also check out the audio of the tour's grand jury resistance training in Pittsburgh, recorded by Rustbelt Radio:

Event date: 
Thu, 08/26/2010 - 15:30

Eight Reasons the Iowa A.L.F. Investigation is a Fraud

Five years after the Animal Liberation Front raids the University of Iowa, the government launches a prosecution that is a fraud on its face | From Voice of the Voiceless

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Partial victory re: Carrie's court docket; Petition for re-hearing and Scott's motions denied

1. Court orders Carrie's court docket unsealed with redactions, denies petition
for re-hearing
2. Scott's motions denied (mostly)
3. Update on Carrie's custody status
4. Donations, please!
5. Feb. 28-March 2: Events with Dhoruba Bin-Wahad
6. March 19: Come dine with us!
7. Call-out for Local Minneapolis Artists! Seeking donations for Scott, Carrie
and Eric McDavid benefit

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1. Court orders Carrie's court docket unsealed with redactions, denies petition

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Carrie Feldman moved AGAIN! Please write to her in Dubuque!

Carrie was just transferred to Dubuque County Jail; seems like Muscatine was just a temporary stop. (Any mail that has been sent there may or may not get to her; we would like to encourage folks to re-send mail to this address).

We think Dubuque is where she’ll be for a while. Here is her mailing address there–mail should be getting through now:

Carolyn Feldman
770 Iowa St.
Dubuque, IA 52001

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Write Carrie in Muscatine County Jail!

So we’ve confirmed that Carrie is in Muscatine County Jail, but are still unsure as to the exact conditions of her detention there. Though there are probably extra restrictions on her communication with the outside world, we’re asking people to start writing her now!

According to the Muscatine County Jail website, letters should be addressed as follows:

Muscatine County Jail Inmate
c/o Carolyn Feldman
400 Walnut Street
Muscatine, Iowa 52761

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State Repression and Social Movements: Grand Juries, the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act, and Community Activism

A talk with legendary radical attorney Stu Sugarman and Professor David N. Pellow

When: Saturday, February 20th, potluck at 6:30pm, talk at 7pm
Where: Social Science Building Room 1114, University of Minnesota campus

On the anniversary of the arrest of the AETA 4, join sociologists, attorneys, and community activists to learn about the history of state repression directed at activists and scholars involved in social change movements.

Information will be provided on the defense of the following activists:

Event date: 
Sat, 02/20/2010 - 16:00

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