On February 18, 1970, the jury rendered its
verdicts in the trial of the Chicago Seven, charged in connection
with violence that had erupted at the 1968 Democratic Convention.
The jury acquitted all defendants on
conspiracy, while finding five guilty of intent to incite a riot
while crossing state lines. Learn more on JURIST about the trial of
the Chicago
Seven from Douglas Linder of the University of
Missouri-Kansas City School of Law.
This Day @ Law
Chicago Seven verdicts rendered
Nazis arrest White Rose leaders
On February 18, 1943, the Nazi government of
Germany arrested the two leaders of the White Rose movement, brother
and sister Hans and Sophie Scholl. The White Rose was a German
group, primarily comprised of students, that advocated non-violent
resistance to the Nazi government in Germany. After the Scholls were
arrested, the remaining members of the White Rose were captured by
the end of 1943. The Scholls were convicted of treason on February
22, 1943 and sentenced to death.
Read the
pamphlets
spread by the members of the White Rose.
