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‘Ss Then it began. "Kid ng in death” x envital offense) - Lonnic, stending end focing the jury, grabbed the hand of his lexyer and. veixed for the next chore. Lote _ : * : vi, Conspiracy to kidnap (possible 30-year sentatce) — Rot guilty. : + | oqmen it canes. "Conspirscy to murder, vhat Js your verdict?" “Guilty, your bonor." - Gasps from the spectatcrs. A jolt running through Lonnie's body, and waiting for, the finul,charze ~~ binding, which carries & 50-year penalty. + ~ Venot guilty, your honor", +" mes, vhile everyone vas tring to vrderstand what hod keppened, the judge wag ~ Abanking the Jury and‘ setting Sept: 18 for’ Lonnic's scatencing (maxioum penalty, 15. ~ irs in jeil).--- ‘ . « : . “pid the jury, mostly vhite, middle cluss, riddlc-sged, despite the blatant col- Ipboxation of thé prosecution and the Juagz, despite the flenir hesdlines in the pig “pres, hendlincs vhich convicted Lonnie before he ever vent of trial, want to corpletciy eequit the black Panther and put bir beck free, on the surccts? Did the jury finally 5 capromise beenuse they wore Kfreid they'd be kept sequestered until they aid? Di they know thut "conspiracy to nurdgr"-was the lightest of the charges? 2 The burst 7 quesvions on the New Ieven Green vhen the verdict cane down vere + sbillid nem dy whan ihe spirited crowd marches through doyntovn Nev Haven, gemecd-. ing that all political prisoners be freed. | mo a Tonnlt still faces first @epree nurder charges in another county for the seme ii- cident. ie Jevyere will eppral this charge as double Jeopardy. They also plen to « appeal Lonnic's conviction. “Tne other mesbers of the Tew Haven 9, including Bobby Seale, must still stand trig) this fall aud winter, with Lonnie's conspiracy conviction ‘on the books. agpaceet : v . *~ + So, in the words of the Chin Smith Charze, the "doubt in the mind"of"a dicsentirs juror” vas “a rcesonable one" after all_-- the tovernnent rust be gnashing its teeth Peennse all thy uachinecy it put into notion vusn't enough to send Lonnie NcLuces to his death. All political prisoners and prisoners of was will be freed! ers REY WAVED, Coon., Sept 28, AP —- Lonnie wes sentenced to 12-to-15 years in prison’ | today for bis conviction of a charge o2 conspir: to comit murder. (Maxinum penalty wes 15 years Tor the cherce.) Bond was set at * ' wT Nor ; . peepee it ce me rem pe cor