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19 apr 2021 · William Kunstler was given four years in prison for addressing him as "Mr. Hoffman" instead as "Your Honor;" Abbie Hoffman received eight months for laughing in court; Hayden got one year for ...
- Liz Cantrell
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- Assistant to The Editor in Chief
In 1963, for the Gandhi Society of New York, Kunstler filed to remove the cases of more than 100 arrested African-American demonstrators from the Danville Corporation Court to the Charlottesville District Court, under a Reconstruction Era statute.
15 ott 2020 · The two lawyers representing the defendants, William Kunstler (Mark Rylance) and Leonard Weinglass (Ben Shenkman), were renowned civil rights attorneys.
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- Jeanne Dorin McDowell
Five months later, they are arrested and charged with "crossing state lines" to incite a riot. John N. Mitchell, the Attorney General, appoints Tom Foran and Richard Schultz as the prosecutors, while all the defendants except Seale are represented by William Kunstler and Leonard Weinglass.
16 ott 2020 · On the trial’s first day, Hoffman issued arrest warrants for four defense attorneys who had worked on the defense’s pretrial motions but had since dropped out of the case; he only withdrew the...
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- Andrew R. Chow
16 ott 2020 · The lead attorney for the defendants, William Kunstler (Mark Rylance) helped guide the charge, emphasizing that the trial spectacle was more about politics and less about criminal behavior.
La carriera di Kunstler cambiò radicalmente nel 1956 quando rappresentò un giornalista nero, William Worthy Jr., arrestato perché non aveva il passaporto quando era tornato da un viaggio a Cuba. Kunstler sostenne con successo che la legge era arcaica e incostituzionale e il caso fu archiviato nel 1961.
