berman@ihopb.UUCP (Rational Chutzpah) (01/25/85)
News from the sanctuary front:
Yesterday, January 24, Jack Elder, church-worker, Vietnam veteran and
determined sanctuary activist was acquitted! His was the first big
sanctuary case to come to trial. He faced 15 years jail under indictment
by the Reagan administration Justice Department for the heinous crime
of driving a Central American refugee to a bus station!
The trial took place in Corpus Cristi, Texas.
It appears as though the government has overlooked a key factor
in its attempt to smash the Church-based sanctuary movement. It will
be extremely difficult to convince the ordinary decent Americans on
a jury that helping out Central American refugees is anything remotely
resembling a crime.
Numerous other sanctuary cases, including another indictment of Elder
will be coming to trial soon.
-Andy Berman
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