Minutes ago, all the SHAC 7 (Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty) defendants were found guilty on all charges.
Court is in recess at the moment, but when it resumes, a
decision will be made as to which of the convicted activists will be
remanded into police custody immediately and which will be given some time to report for incarceration. Sentencing has not yet taken
place. Additional details to follow.
Additional Shac 7 info:
http://www.shac7.com/
http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2719227&Mytoken=20040915021901
OR CONTACT THE SHAC7 SUPPORT COMMITTEE:
UPDATES@SHAC7.COM
>> MAKE A DONATION TO THE SHAC 7 DEFENSE FUND:
SHAC 7 c/o
NJARA
PO Box 174
Englishtown, NJ 07726
or donate online at
http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=22-2849700
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From CNN.com
Animal rights group guilty of inciting terror
Thursday, March 2, 2006; Posted: 4:22 p.m. EST (21:22 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/02/animal.rights.ap
TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- A federal jury on Thursday convicted an
animal rights group and six of its members of inciting violence and
terror during their campaign to shut down a company that uses animals to
test drugs and consumer products.
The group, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, maintained its actions
constituted free speech.
The government claimed the group, which goes by the acronym SHAC, used
its Web site to incite violence against people and institutions it
claimed were affiliated with the animal testing lab.
The lab, Huntingdon Life Sciences, is based in New Jersey and Britain.
The verdict came after about 14 hours of deliberations over three days
and followed a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Anne E.
Thompson.
There was no audible reaction from the defendants or about a dozen of
their supporters in the courtroom.
SHAC, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and six of its members were
charged with animal enterprise terrorism, stalking and other offenses as
part of its five-year campaign against the lab.
First time law is used
The trial on the first charge, conspiracy to violate the Animal
Enterprise Protection Act, is believed to be the first since the law was
enacted in 1992, said the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles B.
McKenna.
The defense rested after just one day, and used testimony from the
group's president, Pamelyn Ferdin, a former child star who was the voice
of Lucy in the movies and TV specials based on the "Peanuts" comic
strip. She was not charged.
Ferdin, who also played Felix Unger's daughter Edna on "The Odd Couple"
TV comedy series, told jurors, "For the government to say you can't say
this and you can't say that is going down a very scary path of going
toward fascism."
Ferdin became leader of the group in 2004 after its former president,
Kevin Kjonaas and the others were indicted.
Also testifying was one of the defendants, Joshua Harper, who said that
he opposes injuring any life form, including human beings. But he also
said it is all right to throw rocks through someone's window as long as
the person is not home.
Also charged were Lauren Gazzola, Jacob Conroy, Andrew Stepanian and
Darius Fullmer.
Six-count indictment
The six-count indictment charged SHAC and its members with animal
enterprise terrorism, which carries a sentence of up to three years in
prison and a $250,000 fine.
SHAC and three of its members were also charged with multiple counts of
interstate stalking and conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking,
which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000
fine for each count.
The group and four of its members were charged with one count of
telephone harassment, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in
prison.
During the trial, the prosecution presented testimony showing that
SHAC's campaign against Huntingdon involved posting personal information
about its employees and those of firms that do business with the animal
testing company on the Web.
Many of those targeted have had their homes vandalized, and received
threats against them or their families, testimony revealed.
Under cross-examination by defense lawyers, prosecution witnesses
admitted they did not know who sent e-mails or faxes or made telephone
calls they had described as threatening.
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For background on the group and the charges, see "Attack of the
Terrorist Fax" at:
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/jones06152004
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Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty UK: http://www.shac.net
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA: http://www.shacamerica.net
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The World's a shit hole. MAN is the Bastard.
decision will be made as to which of the convicted activists will be
remanded into police custody immediately and which will be given some time to report for incarceration. Sentencing has not yet taken
place. Additional details to follow.
Additional Shac 7 info:
http://www.shac7.com/ http://www.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewProfile&friendID=2719227&Mytoken=20040915021901 OR CONTACT THE SHAC7 SUPPORT COMMITTEE:
UPDATES@SHAC7.COM >> MAKE A DONATION TO THE SHAC 7 DEFENSE FUND:
SHAC 7 c/o
NJARA
PO Box 174
Englishtown, NJ 07726
or donate online at
http://www.guidestar.org/controller/searchResults.gs?action_donateReport=1&partner=networkforgood&ein=22-2849700 ---------------------------------------------------------------
From CNN.com
Animal rights group guilty of inciting terror
Thursday, March 2, 2006; Posted: 4:22 p.m. EST (21:22 GMT)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/03/02/animal.rights.ap TRENTON, New Jersey (AP) -- A federal jury on Thursday convicted an
animal rights group and six of its members of inciting violence and
terror during their campaign to shut down a company that uses animals to
test drugs and consumer products.
The group, Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty, maintained its actions
constituted free speech.
The government claimed the group, which goes by the acronym SHAC, used
its Web site to incite violence against people and institutions it
claimed were affiliated with the animal testing lab.
The lab, Huntingdon Life Sciences, is based in New Jersey and Britain.
The verdict came after about 14 hours of deliberations over three days
and followed a three-week trial before U.S. District Judge Anne E.
Thompson.
There was no audible reaction from the defendants or about a dozen of
their supporters in the courtroom.
SHAC, based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and six of its members were
charged with animal enterprise terrorism, stalking and other offenses as
part of its five-year campaign against the lab.
First time law is used
The trial on the first charge, conspiracy to violate the Animal
Enterprise Protection Act, is believed to be the first since the law was
enacted in 1992, said the prosecutor, Assistant U.S. Attorney Charles B.
McKenna.
The defense rested after just one day, and used testimony from the
group's president, Pamelyn Ferdin, a former child star who was the voice
of Lucy in the movies and TV specials based on the "Peanuts" comic
strip. She was not charged.
Ferdin, who also played Felix Unger's daughter Edna on "The Odd Couple"
TV comedy series, told jurors, "For the government to say you can't say
this and you can't say that is going down a very scary path of going
toward fascism."
Ferdin became leader of the group in 2004 after its former president,
Kevin Kjonaas and the others were indicted.
Also testifying was one of the defendants, Joshua Harper, who said that
he opposes injuring any life form, including human beings. But he also
said it is all right to throw rocks through someone's window as long as
the person is not home.
Also charged were Lauren Gazzola, Jacob Conroy, Andrew Stepanian and
Darius Fullmer.
Six-count indictment
The six-count indictment charged SHAC and its members with animal
enterprise terrorism, which carries a sentence of up to three years in
prison and a $250,000 fine.
SHAC and three of its members were also charged with multiple counts of
interstate stalking and conspiracy to engage in interstate stalking,
which carries a maximum sentence of five years in prison and a $250,000
fine for each count.
The group and four of its members were charged with one count of
telephone harassment, which carries a maximum sentence of two years in
prison.
During the trial, the prosecution presented testimony showing that
SHAC's campaign against Huntingdon involved posting personal information
about its employees and those of firms that do business with the animal
testing company on the Web.
Many of those targeted have had their homes vandalized, and received
threats against them or their families, testimony revealed.
Under cross-examination by defense lawyers, prosecution witnesses
admitted they did not know who sent e-mails or faxes or made telephone
calls they had described as threatening.
----------------------------------------------------------------
For background on the group and the charges, see "Attack of the
Terrorist Fax" at:
http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/jones06152004 ----------------------------------------------------------------
Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty UK:
http://www.shac.net Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty USA:
http://www.shacamerica.net ----------------------------------------------------------------
The World's a shit hole. MAN is the Bastard.
Comments
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Sadly, a valuable lesson was learnt...
03.03.2006 14:23
Today's no.1 phoney stock scams revolve around 'medical' research companies. The amount of legitimate work done in this field is insignificant compared to the stock-price boosting scams. A large chunk of this boosted stock finds its way into the pockets of key politicians. These people have an attachment to their ill gotten gains like you won't believe. And, of course, these are the self-same people that slaughtered the nation of Iraq without losing a millisecond of sleep over the millions of humans that had their lives ruined.
The politicians don't care if tulips are cultivated (look it up) or animals tortured. All they care about is the money in their pocket. If you take an action likely to hit them, or their pals where it counts, they will come down on you like a species-extincting asteroid.
You will all notice that at the same time animal-rights activists were being wiped out by the force of the state, anti-abortion protestors won an historic victory in the US courts. This isn't a game. If you choose to fight, you must do everything possible to ensure victory, which means understanding your enemy in EVERY detail. Fairness will play no part.
twilight
Do People on Jurys work for Corporations?
04.03.2006 15:59
It may be untrue but the "evidence" against shac usa, was flimsy and the imperitive to protect corprate profits from the shac campaign is desperate.
Some of the "evidence" against shac usa, was a webpage article called the,"top 20 terror tactics",which was written by RDS(Research Defence Society-they represent vivisectors,chemical/drug companys,animal breeders/sellers) and was reposted by shac usa from the RDS website,basicly to show the lengths of demonisation and distortion of reality,the pro animal experimentation industry financed groups will go to.
There is an industry financed group called ALEC,i can't remember the full name but they in america have brought about most of the new laws,designed to protect industry profits from AR,envioronmental,human rights activists-i'm sure there's a similar group in the uk.
Tim
justice
05.03.2006 14:35
Shaci
e-mail:
shac.is.gay@gmail.com
Tulips??
07.03.2006 05:13
Michael Morris
e-mail:
nezumi1@ihug.co.nz