For other uses, see Chicago Seven (disambiguation).
"Trial of the Chicago 7" redirects here. For the 2020 film, see The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Poster in support of the "Conspiracy 8"
The Chicago Seven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David Dellinger, John Froines, Tom Hayden, Abbie Hoffman, Jerry Rubin, and Lee Weiner – charged by the United States Department of Justice with conspiracy, crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot, and other charges related to anti-Vietnam War and 1960s counterculture protests in Chicago, Illinois during the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against codefendant Bobby Seale was declared a mistrial.
All of the defendants were charged with and acquitted of conspiracy; Davis, Dellinger, Hayden, Hoffman, and Rubin were charged with and convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot; Froines and Weiner were charged with teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices and acquitted of those charges. All of the convictions were later reversed on appeal, and the government declined to retry the case. While the jury deliberated, Judge Julius Hoffman convicted the defendants and their attorneys of contempt of court and sentenced them to jail sentences ranging from less than three months to more than four years. The contempt convictions were also appealed, and some were retried before a different judge.
Since the beginning of the trial in 1969, the defendants and their attorneys have been depicted in a variety of art forms, including film, music, and theater.
The ChicagoSeven, originally the Chicago Eight and also known as the Conspiracy Eight or Conspiracy Seven, were seven defendants – Rennie Davis, David...
Trial of the Chicago 7 is a 2020 American historical legal drama film written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. The film follows the ChicagoSeven, a group of...
2008). The ChicagoSeven trial and the 1968 Democratic National Convention. The Chicago Tribune. Schmich, M. (August 17, 2018). The ChicagoSeven put their...
was a member of the ChicagoSeven. He was also a leading proponent of the Flower Power movement. As a member of the ChicagoSeven, Hoffman was charged...
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Northern District of Illinois. He presided over the ChicagoSeven trial. Hoffman was born in Chicago, Illinois, the son of Bertha (Weisberg) and Aaron Hoffman...
in the early 1940s, Dellinger reached peak prominence as one of the ChicagoSeven, who were put on trial in 1969. Dellinger was born in Wakefield, Massachusetts...
Chicago 8 may refer to: The original name for the ChicagoSeven The Chicago 8, a 2012 movie about the Chicago Eight (ChicagoSeven) group Chicago VIII...
whose members were referred to as Yippies, and standing trial in the ChicagoSeven case. Rubin was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, the son of Esther (Katz),...
1968 Democratic National Convention, and stood trial in the resulting "ChicagoSeven" case. In later years, he ran for political office numerous times, winning...
the ChicagoSeven defendants charged for anti-war demonstrations and large-scale protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. He had...
bestselling authors—in part due to publicity surrounding the five-month ChicagoSeven Conspiracy trial of 1969. They both used the phrase "ideology is a brain...
American attorney and civil rights activist, known for defending the ChicagoSeven. Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board...
case was severed from the other defendants, turning the "Chicago Eight" into the "ChicagoSeven". After his case was severed, the government declined to...
Lee Weiner (born 1939) is an author and member of the ChicagoSeven who was charged with "conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite...
a member of the ChicagoSeven, a group charged with involvement with the riots at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Froines, who held...
during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. The protests lasted approximately seven days, from August 23 to August 29, 1968. Many...
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