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OF Oday bie ee . $ole~ 196 “™ mae ey ET oe ‘ ose Gis atc mp fF UNITED STATES GOVEr ” MENT 1 - Mr. A. Rosen ro Moe vA D-Mr. C. W. Bates yh fee way : fo onrid to Mr. E. S, Milldg |! paTE: 12/10/71 pr Pewbher ah 1 - Mr. E. S. Miller Qed oo Lk FROM : KR. L, Shackelford, 1-Mr. E. J. McDonough Bakers / . 1 - Mr. R. Le. Shackelford re oe 1-Mr. 1. J. McNiff Holmes — = =~ SUBJECT: apatite tands : DESTRUCTION OF of GOVERNMENT PROPERTY; CIVIL RIGHTS os f | bw APACS PURPOSE; he A DA fey / qo tM | To advise that after local court trials involving 3g of 25 individuals indicted in connection with the 1970 disorders at Kent State University (KSU), local authorities have requested court permission to dismiss charges against remaining 20 defendants, DETAILS: Captioned matter relates to this Bureau's investigation of destruction of ROTC Building, KSU, Kent, Ohio, 5/2/70. Concurrently, this Bureau also conducted investigation of incident invoiving killing of 4 KSU students 5/4/70 by members of Ohio National Guard. Department did not authorize prosecution in either of the above matters, but deferred in favor of local prosecution, As a result of local grand jury action, 25 individuals were indicted for their participation in activities occurring on KSU campus 5/1-4/70, Each subject was to be given a separate trial, First trial began 11/22/71.} Since that time, 5 individuals have been tried, One, Jerry Rupe, was convicted for interfering with firemen; two, Larry Shub and Thomas Foglesong, pleaded guilty to first degree riot; and two, Mary Nicholas and Peter Bliek, have been acqus thea. ave REC-Sl ” ! d On B/7/7 Special State Prosecutor, Stat f Ohio, admitting he lacked sufficient evidence to proceed, requested court permission to dismiss all charges against the remaining 20 defendants that had been indicted by local grand jury.: Two local Judges hearing these cases stated they could not dismiss the charges until the Ohio Supreme Court had ruled on Affidavits of Prejudice, filed against them by one of the defense | attorneys. Swine ew n-e 98-46479 | Fa ely mM: Vern! t DEC IG 157; a) cae ; weit fF fee, ++=CONTINUED = OVER 5] DEC 4he 20 1974: Fo mee eee ae =~ DM te oe “53. ra, ate Oe EF en i” eee oe re a rm Le ote §, as 2" SEG ete aes ae ee ae wt pee cal ae re wee “2 ees ee “- aie