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{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}'''Lee Weiner''' (born 1939), a member of the [[Chicago Seven]], was charged with |
{{BLP sources|date=July 2010}}'''Lee Weiner''' (born 1939), a member of the [[Chicago Seven]], was charged with "conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot" and "teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices that would be used in civil disturbances"<ref>[http://www.fjc.gov/history/home.nsf/page/tu_chicago7_narrative.html. The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: A Short Narrative.] Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved October 16, 2014.</ref><ref>[http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/Chicago7/indictment.html. Indictment.] published at Linder, D.O. <i>"The Chicago Seven" (or "The Chicago Eight") Trial</i>. Retrieved on October 16, 2014.</ref> at the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]].<ref>[http://www.fjc.gov/history/chicago7.nsf/autoframe?openform&header=/history/chicago7.nsf/page/header&nav=/history/chicago7.nsf/page/nav_biographies&content=/history/chicago7.nsf/page/weiner_l Lee Weiner]. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved on July 29, 2010.</ref> |
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[[J. Anthony Lukas]] described Weiner as "a strangely remote figure who shunned most of the defendants' extracurricular activities."<ref>J. Anthony Lukas. ''The Barnyard Epithet and Other Obscenities: Notes on the Chicago Conspiracy Trial''. Harper and Row, 1970. 21.</ref> Weiner rarely attended defense strategy sessions, perhaps out of a belief that their cause was hopeless. He spent most of his trial hours reading science fiction paperbacks or books on eastern philosophy. Weiner reacted to few courtroom developments, viewing the proceedings with a mixture of scorn and amusement. |
[[J. Anthony Lukas]] described Weiner as "a strangely remote figure who shunned most of the defendants' extracurricular activities."<ref>J. Anthony Lukas. ''The Barnyard Epithet and Other Obscenities: Notes on the Chicago Conspiracy Trial''. Harper and Row, 1970. 21.</ref> Weiner rarely attended defense strategy sessions, perhaps out of a belief that their cause was hopeless. He spent most of his trial hours reading science fiction paperbacks or books on eastern philosophy. Weiner reacted to few courtroom developments, viewing the proceedings with a mixture of scorn and amusement. |
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Lee Weiner (born 1939), a member of the Chicago Seven, was charged with "conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot" and "teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices that would be used in civil disturbances"[1][2] at the 1968 Democratic National Convention.[3]
J. Anthony Lukas described Weiner as "a strangely remote figure who shunned most of the defendants' extracurricular activities."[4] Weiner rarely attended defense strategy sessions, perhaps out of a belief that their cause was hopeless. He spent most of his trial hours reading science fiction paperbacks or books on eastern philosophy. Weiner reacted to few courtroom developments, viewing the proceedings with a mixture of scorn and amusement.
Weiner, who was known as the 'quiet defendant' for rarely participating in courtroom antics or outbursts during the trial, was acquitted along with co-defendant John Froines, of both charges.
At the time of trial, Weiner was a teaching assistant in sociology at Northwestern University. He served Professor Howard S. Becker as a research assistant there. He lived in a Hyde Park apartment with a girlfriend, Sharon Avery.
In the years following the trial, Weiner has continued to work and protest for causes. He has worked for the Anti-Defamation League of B'nai B'rith in New York and participated in protests for Russian Jews and more funding for AIDS research. At present he is VP of Direct Response at AmeriCares Foundation in Stamford, CT.
References
- ^ The Chicago Conspiracy Trial: A Short Narrative. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
- ^ Indictment. published at Linder, D.O. "The Chicago Seven" (or "The Chicago Eight") Trial. Retrieved on October 16, 2014.
- ^ Lee Weiner. Federal Judicial Center. Retrieved on July 29, 2010.
- ^ J. Anthony Lukas. The Barnyard Epithet and Other Obscenities: Notes on the Chicago Conspiracy Trial. Harper and Row, 1970. 21.
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