On Thursday morning, I stepped into the Charlottesville courtroom of Judge Richard E. Moore and witnessed the first actual day of trial for James Alex Fields, Jr., the Ohio man who drove his Dodge Challenger into a crowd of anti-racist counter-protesters at the white supremacist rally in August 2017. Fields […]
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Heather Doyle gave a tearful account in Calvert County Circuit Court on Thursday about how a Sheriff’s deputy assaulted her, a story which State’s attorneys assert is untrue. This was the third day of her trial on the charge of making a false statement to police stemming from a demonstration […]
Prince Frederick, MD – The case for the prosecution continued in Calvert County Circuit Court on the second day of the trial of a Cove Point protester charged with making a false statement to police. A year ago, defendant Heather Doyle and fellow protester Carling Sothoron had the tables turned […]
The first day of an unusual trial of an anti-fracking activist began with jury selection, opening statements and testimony from four witnesses for the prosecution. Charged with making a false statement, Heather Doyle is the object of retaliation for political reasons by the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office, according to SEED […]