| Split Verdict in
Freedom of Access to Clinics Act
Violation Trial As Chavannes Not
Guilty
by
Matthew Russell Lee, Patreon Book
Substack
SDNY
COURTHOUSE,
Feb 22 – In late 2022 Bevelyn
Beatty Williams and Edmee
Chavannes were indicted for
conspiracy to violate the
Freedom of Access to Clinic
Entrances Act.
On February
2, 2024 their final pre-trial
conference was held before
U.S. District Court for the
Southern District of New York
Judge Jennifer L. Rochan.
Inner City Press was there,
the only media in the
courtroom. Thread
On February 12,
Inner City Press covered the
selection, past 6 pm, of a
jury of seven men and five
women (of the four alternates,
three are men). At least one
donor to Planned Parenthood,
it is noted, made it only the
jury.
On February 14,
after a snow day and a juror's
late arrival, the prosecutors
put on the stand Lauren
Betters and a Mr. Liman about
the June 19-20, 2020 protest
at Bleecker and Mott Streets,
and the non-engagement policy
as a business record.
On February 16, a
witness described protests in
Fort Myers and Naples,
Florida. He said he thought
protesters had guns.
[Shaky video
shown of Bevelyn Williams
saying she didn't want to get
arrested that day because she
was pregnant]
On February 22,
Williams was found guilty -
but Chavannes was found not
guilty.
More details on
Substack here
The case is US v.
Williams, et al., 22-cr-684
(Rochon)
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