At today’s long-delayed preliminary hearing, nine of he protesters arrested at last March’s noise demo at Allegheny County Jail accepted a plea deal. The deal involved pleading guilty to two summary offenses each and covering restitution costs of about $780 per protester. Please donate to help defray these expenses!
Two defendants were not offered this deal and had their cases continued. This post will be updated with further details as they become available.
UPDATE JULY 31: One of the remaining defendants pled guilty today to possession of a prohibited weapon as well as two summary offenses and was sentenced to a year of probation plus restitution. This person will have to come up with $50 a month in probation costs, so please donate! (Link above).