On March 18, 2022, political prisoner Eric King was acquitted by a federal jury of twelve people in the U.S. District Court in Colorado. Eric was charged with assaulting a federal officer, a federal felony with a potential 20-year sentence, after he defended himself from an attack by a Bureau of Prisons (BOP) Lieutenant in […]
Listen to Mookie Moss of @CLDC & Josh Davidson of @CertainDays talk about Eric King’s trial (and subsequent acquittal) on @StrawFinal. Listen at https://thefinalstrawradio.noblogs.org/post/2022/03/27/merced-prisoner-hunger-strikes-eric-king-trial-ends/
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEMarch 18, 2022 Contacts: Lauren Regan, Executive Director & Senior Staff AttorneySarah Alvarez, Staff Attorney(541) [email protected] Denver, CO — On March –, a jury acquitted anti-racist and anti-fascist political prisoner Eric King on the count of “assaulting” an officer. CLDC is overjoyed at the return of a not guilty verdict from the jury. After […]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18th, 2022 Contacts: Eric King Support Committee [[email protected]] Josh Davidson [[email protected]; 443.235.1567, Signal preferred] Political Prisoner Eric King Faces Retaliation and Bullying from Bureau of Prisons as He Takes the Stand to Defend Himself Against BOP Allegations Denver — On day three of the trial of political prisoner Eric King, it came to […]
“Now a bird is being blamed? The BOP is setting itself up for a civil lawsuit after this.” – Judge Martinez The morning began with a worrying description of the conditions that defense attorneys Alvarez and Freeman heard of upon arrival at the prison to visit Eric following yesterday’s court session. Alvarez told the Judge […]
Eric King trial court report- March 16, 2022 (Day 3) An update on Eric’s movements. Defense attorneys Sarah Alvarez and Sandra Freeman went to visit Mr. King last night only to find him in an alternate location from where the government said he would be. This cut into attorney/client visitation time in a furtherance of […]
Eric King trial court report- March 15, 2022 (Day 2) 8:30 AM (Before the jury entered the Chamber) Day two started with some highly disconcerting news. Yesterday, while Mr. King was in court, unbeknownst to him or his council, his cell was emptied of all his belongings, including a bevy of attorney/client privileged documents. The […]
Eric King Trial Recap Day 1- March 14, 2022 (Jury Selection) Judge Martinez opened the proceedings and addressed the jury pool solemnly explaining, “Our system cannot survive without jurors!” From there, both the Government and Defense whittled down the pool to the appropriate 12 and the alternate. Some highlights or lowlights of the process were […]
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