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✰Cecily McMillan (Trial)-Defense✰ Occupy Wall Street
Cecily's Defense Attorney; Martin Stolar, Reviews Trial And Verdict
As if; this trial wasn't a travesty of justice enough, judge zweibel has ordered Cecily held without bail until May 19th the day of her sentencing.
Sentencing Hearing For Cecily, Monday May 19 at 9:30am
Manhattan Criminal Court
Room 1116, Part 41 @ 100 Centre Street
New York, New York 10013
Please Come And Show Your Support For Cecily
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For any questions, email CecilysTrial@gmail.com
I Love These OWS Protesters/Kids♥ They've Got Guts
Cecily McMillan 25 Year Old Grad Student Found Guilty Faces Up To 7 Years In Prison by John Swaine, The Guardian May 5 2014
Thanks to the Troubadour, for his quick reporting of Cecily's verdict. Also for getting a lot of attention to this case. He got 6k Likes and 216 Tweets. That's great because this verdict is certainly going to be appealed. Woman Sexually Assaulted by NYPD Convicted of Felony Assault
I have been following Cecily's case and it is totally unbelievable that a NYC jury found her guilty.
But it was all about the evidence. The judge decided what evidence the Jury could see. It wasn't much and all slanted toward the prosecution's case. This judge has a history of being obtuse.
Speaking outside; Cecily's attorney, Martin Stolar described the verdict as “a terrible mistake” and criticized zweibel's decision to detain McMillan, a first-time convict, before sentencing. “She never missed a court appearance, she has always been here, and is fully cognizant of what the consequences of a guilty verdict are,” he said.
Stolar, said that he was “shocked and disappointed” by the jury’s verdict and even more appalled by the judge’s vindictive action in remanding his client to Rikers Island without bail.
Stolar said that he is working on an appeal of the denial of bail to get Cecily out of rikers island, which he described as a “hell hole for anyone sent there,” and an appeal of the verdict itself.
Saying that zweibel had made “numerous errors” during the trial, Stolar said: “Those will be the subject of an appeal. We have optimistic thoughts about what an appeal might do, such as send it back for a new trial.”
Grounds for an appeal to throw out the verdict are substantial, he said. They include the refusal of the trial judge, ronald zweibel, to admit medical evidence on the injuries that McMillan suffered at the hands of the cops after her arrest and the preclusion of some witnesses prepared to speak about police conduct that night.
Also withheld from the jury was evidence relating to the abusive conduct of the cop she was alleged to have assaulted, who reportedly later the same evening smashed a protester’s head repeatedly into the steps of a bus used to transport those who had been arrested. Also kept out of the trial was the cop’s personnel file and evidence of prior acts of police brutality.
Stolar also questioned the use of the video as evidence sufficient to find anyone guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. “I’ve seen Facebook entries used as evidence and video from surveillance cameras, but this a first, the use of something posted anonymously on YouTube,” he said.
Seriously, I cannot believe that they found 12 New Yorker's who are not aware of the unprovoked police brutality perpetrated against these young OWS Protesters.
If that was me on the jury; I'd be thinking, what if they did that to me or someone I loved???
More when the Appeal trial starts. I know Cecily will win on appeal this case is such bull.
I'm shocked, to see this kind of chicanery going on in our New York City Courts!
Brutalized by cops, convicted Occupy Protester faces seven years in jail by Bill Van Auken May 7 2014
Cecily McMillan's Occupy trial is a huge test of US civil liberties. Will they survive? by Chase Madar theguardian.com