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Sep 18, 2007 11:45 am US/Central

History Museum Gets Sketches From Chicago 7 Trial

Trial Followed Violence At 1968 Democratic Convention

CHICAGO (AP) ― The Chicago History Museum says it has acquired 483 courtroom sketches made by news artist Franklin McMahon during the 1969-70 Chicago Seven conspiracy trial.

The trial began 13 months after violence broke out during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. The government charged eight men with conspiring to incite a riot. One of them, Black Panther leader Bobby Seale, was bound and gagged in court because of insults he hurled at Judge Julius Hoffman. Seale eventually was severed from the case and sentenced to four years in prison for contempt of court.

That left seven defendants. Five of them were convicted of intending to incite a riot across state lines and sentenced to five years in prison, while all seven faced prison terms for contempt of court.

All of the convictions were reversed on appeal.

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