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In Chicago 1968, the Democratic Party Convention ... What follows is an unfair trial presided by the belligerent Judge Hoffman (No relation) and prosecuted by a reluctant but duty-bound Richard ...

One of the cases is dropped, and the defendants become known as the Chicago Seven. The defendants use the proceedings to put the war on trial. A parade of celebrity activists and liberals gives ...

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The trial of the Chicago 7 in 1969, was called the "most chaotic political trial in American history," by Colin Evans, who summarized it in "Great American Trials." It featured one defendant, Bobby ...