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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-03-07 05:53 AM
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Charges against granny dropped (war protest / VT)

February 3, 2007
By PATRICK McARDLE Herald Staff

... Rosemary Jackowski, 69, an Air Force veteran, was charged with disorderly conduct after being one of a dozen people arrested in 2003 for stopping traffic during a protest. All the defendants except Jackowski reached plea agreements with the state ...

In November, the Vermont Supreme Court overturned the conviction, citing instructions given to the jury by Bennington County District Court Judge David Suntag ...

Until Friday, Jackowski faced the possibility of a second trial. <Bennington County State's Attorney Erica> Marthage said she dropped the charges with prejudice so Jackowski can't be tried again ...

Jackowski said she felt a slight sense of disappointment that she won't be heard in court ....

http://www.rutlandherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070203/NEWS02/702030364/1003/NEWS02
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