Word: escorted
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...TRIALS themselves are as "intimidating" as anything Dean May felt in the nasty November 19 demonstration. They are closed meetings, where only witnesses and one person for counsel are permitted. Three policemen escort each of the defendants through four sets of locked doors on the way to the trial. Each set of doors is carefully unlocked in front and then locked behind the defendant before the next set is opened. No press is allowed, even if the defendant asks for his testimony to be made public. Virtually all those charged in the political demonstrations of the past year have asked...