Maine Jury Acquits Peace Activists For Senate Office Sit-In

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Jury acquits six in protest
By Judy Harrison
Thursday, May 01, 2008 - Bangor Daily News



BANGOR, Maine - Six longtime anti-war activists arrested last year for refusing to leave the Federal Building when it closed for the day were found not guilty Wednesday of criminal trespass.

A Penobscot County Superior Court jury deliberated for 2½ hours after a two-day trial.

The defendants, who live in communities from Wells to Bangor, were arrested along with six others on March 8, 2007, at a protest at U.S. Sen. Susan Collins’ office in the Harlow Street building.

They said they were protesting President Bush’s proposal to increase the number of U.S. combat troops in Iraq to support a military strategy known as the surge. Members of the group also were urging Collins to vote against continued funding for the war.

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"To be honest, I’m a little incredulous," Freeman said after the verdict. "I thought there was a remote chance that we’d have a hung jury, but I didn’t expect this. The fact that this was a not-guilty verdict says something about the way the wind is blowing in this state.

"People have had enough of this war, enough of corruption and enough of high oil prices," he said. "We can’t continue to spend $12 billion a month on the war and not be affected at home."

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1. Well I see we're staring to get jury's to agree with sit-in groups

I wonder if this will force the "Justice" Department to seek other means of "trying" us "criminals"?