Taken from: http://ratcliffeontrial.org/2010/12/day-13-no-verdict-this-week/

The jury will not be delivering any verdict until next week. Having spent the day deliberating, they have been released until Monday when the court expects to hear whether the defendants have been found guilty or not guilty.

Court was reconvened twice during the day, in order to answer questions emerging from the jury room. The first concerned the details of evidence given by former Nottingham MP Alan Simpson about EU directives. The second concerned defining exactly which lives the defendants needed to be protecting in order to justify their actions being necessary in law. The judge explained that the lives did not need to be local to the power station or Nottingham, but could be anywhere in the world. The trial has heard factual evidence from people suffering from the worst excesses of climate change, in locations ranging from Hull to Bangladesh.

The jury will return to court at 10am on Monday, along with our defendants, when they will continue their task.

In the meantime, check out this video from last week’s climate march in London. It shows one of the people arrested prior to the action, but not charged, telling a crowd of thousands why such action is so important. Inspiring stuff!

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