Friday, March 11, 2011

Irvine 30 legal updates and Jesse Cheng’s conduct charges « Occupy UCI!

Irvine 30 legal updates and Jesse Cheng’s conduct charges « Occupy UCI!

Irvine 30 legal updates and Jesse Cheng’s conduct charges

Both the UCI 17+2 and the Irvine 11 appeared in court this week. The 17+2, facing a cumulative 57 misdemeanor counts for a sit-in last February 24, had their pretrial hearing, initially scheduled for Monday, postponed until May 6. It was revealed by lawyers that the Orange County District Attorney is subpoenaing the students academic records and their UCI email accounts, including privileged communications between the students and their academic advisors, and between several who taught and their own students. The DA has also offered at least the 17 with a deal, which the lawyers rejected: 3 years formal probation, with no jail time. Hell no, drop the charges!

The Irvine 11 appeared today, and had their arraignment continued another month. The students are asking the California state Attorney General to take the case, after discovering leaked emails between DA Tony Rackaukas and others referring to it as “the Muslim case.” While some of the local Zionist financiers have been meeting