Legal Updates
BRUNSWICK, GA – We’re underway. A jury some feel hopeful about and opening defense statements illustrating the humanity of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares activists completed the first day of…
Read MoreJudge Wood’s final decision that expert witnesses will not be allowed for necessity or international law defenses but that the danger of nuclear weapons and defendant’s motivations would be allowed…
Read MoreMagistrate Cheesbro rules against defendants’ motions and grants government’s. Order on Motions Oct 11
Read MoreDefendants are raising defenses of First Amendment, Necessity, International Law, and War Crimes. Over the years, some courts have refused to allow defenses similar to some of these being raised,…
Read MoreThe United States of America, by and through Bobby L. Christine, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Georgia, moves the Court for an Order prohibiting the presentation at…
Read MoreDefendants will raise the defense of necessity in this matter. First, defendant sincerely believed that he was faced with a choice of evils and he chose the lesser of the…
Read MoreJudge Lisa Godbey Wood issued a 19 page ruling on August 26th denying all the pretrial motions from the Plowshares. The text follows as a PDF. Open PDF to view…
Read MoreElizabeth McAlister, through her attorney Bill Quigley, applied for release on her own recognizance on Monday August 12, 2019, the Monday after the court hearing. The motion pointed out that…
Read MoreStatement by Mark Colville to The Federal Court, Southern District of Georgia Brunswick, Georgia, August 7, 2019 Good morning Judge Wood. My name is Mark Colville, and I’m pleased to…
Read MoreJudge Wood, good morning. It is good, and a bit intimidating, to finally get to meet you. We’ve heard from various people that you are, ‘the smartest person I’ve ever…
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