Six of the March 2 UC Berkeley Wheeler Hall sit-in protesters were found not guilty of disturbing the peace in a ruling issued Tuesday in Oakland. The decision resulted from a bench trial presided over by Judge Gordon Baranco at the Wiley W. Manuel Courthouse in Oakland. The protesters — who were arrested after they refused to leave Wheeler Hall in a demonstration against budget cuts — were originally charged for trespassing but had their charges amended to disturbing the peace during the course of the trial.

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by Sarah Burns, The Daily Californian.

Posted: September 20th, 2011, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.