[Freethe SF8] Last conspiracy charge in the SF 8 case dropped - Dec 3 court report

[SF-8 case]

Last conspiracy charge in the SF 8 case dropped

In court today, December 3, the prosecution dropped the conspiracy  
charge against Francisco (Cisco) Torres, citing lack of evidence. The  
defense has argued from the beginning that the conspiracy charges  
against the San Francisco 8 from 37 years ago had no validity because  
the statute of limitations passed long ago. The state's motion to  
dismiss this count two (conspiracy) tacitly acknowledges the defense  
arguments which had already led to dismissing the conspiracy charges  
against Richard O'Neal, Herman Bell, Hank Jones, Ray Boudreaux,  
Richard Brown, and Harold Taylor.

Motion to dismiss: prejudicial delay

The next court date is scheduled for January 7 (at 9:00 a.m. in  
Department 22) when the defense and prosecution will present to the  
court a joint statement of uncontested facts bearing on the defense  
motion to dismiss the remaining charge against Cisco (count one,  
murder) on the grounds of prejudicial delay.  If there are contested  
facts that either side feels is pertinent  to the determination of the  
motion to dismiss then the court on January 7 will decide whether to  
resolve the issues relative to the contested facts before, during or  
after the preliminary hearing.

The Preliminary Hearing remains scheduled for February 18, 2010.

Support Cisco, come to court January 7. Drop all charges!
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