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Many news outlets, magazines, blogs, radio and TV stations will be covering the trial today and through the rest of the week, which we will link to here:
- Mar 3, 3:40 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher guilty on both counts
- Mar 2, 9:00 pm: New York Times — Protester Says He Didn’t Plan Lease Bids
- Mar 1, 1:54 pm: New York Times — Utah Activist Goes on Trial for Disrupting Oil Auction
- Mar 1, 7:30 am: Common Dreams — The Case Against Bidder 70 Is an Abuse of Prosecutorial Discretion
- Feb 28, 5:20 pm: Fox 13 News — Jury is seated for DeChristopher trial in alleged interference of oil and gas land auctions
- Feb 28, 5:00 pm: The Boston Globe — Trial begins for man who thwarted oil-gas auction
- Feb 28, 4:59 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — Climate activists plot rally, sustained movement
- Feb 28, 4:13 pm: Mother Nature Network — Tim DeChristopher trial: Solidarity, joy and resolve among supporters
- Feb 28 4:00 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher trial rally: ‘Free Tim, free Tim’
- Feb 28, 3:53 pm: The Los Angeles Times — Trial of eco-activist who punk’d BLM begins
- Feb 28, 3:18 pm: Salt Lake Magazine — Rally and march for environmentalist TIm DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: DeSmog Blog — Tim DeChristopher Trial Commences in Salt Lake City
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: Think Progress — The Trial Of Bidder 70: US V. Tim DeChristopher, Climate Hawk
- Feb 28, 3:00 pm: Treehugger — Environmental Activist Tim DeCristopher Faces 10 Years in Prison Today
- Feb 28, 2:22 pm: Red, Green and Blue — Why is Obama prosecuting Tim DeChristopher, the gas-lease pranker?
- Feb 28, 2:00 pm: Riled Up — DeChristopher’s trial starts now. How many will end up in jail?
- Feb 28, 1:50 pm: It’s Getting Hot in Here – United States vs. Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 1:00 pm: KCPW Radio — DeChristopher: I’m As Prepared as I Can Be for Prison
- Feb 28, 12:13 pm: The Washington Post — Trial begins in Utah oil-gas lease auction case
- Feb 28 11:33 am: KSL News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 11:09 am: TIME Magazine — A Monkey-Wrenching Environmentalist Goes on Trial in Utah
- Feb 28, 11:02 am: The Daily Utah Chronicle — Everyday citizens: the source of social change
- Feb 28, 9:24 am: The Deseret News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28, 9:00 am: GOOD Magazine — Updated: Today’s the Day: The Trial of “Bidder 70″ Begins
- Feb 28, 7:39 am: NPR News Blog — Climate Activist On Trial For Bush Era Bogus Bid
- Feb 28, 6:00 am: The Guardian — Tim DeChristopher on trial for sabotaging oil and gas land auction
- Feb 27, 10:00 pm: New West — Activist Heads to Trial for Disrupting Utah Gas Auction
- Feb 27, 5:23 pm: The Deseret News — Jury now decides whether environmental activist Tim DeChristopher is hero or criminal
- Feb 26, 1:00 am: Salt Lake Tribune — Standing up for a livable future
- Feb 25, 3:03 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher goes on trial, but does he have a defense?
- Feb 25, 3:03 pm: Salt Lake Tribune — The DeChristopher case timeline — bogus bids, policy spats, court fights
- Feb 25: yes! Magazine — More Powerful Than We Know: Interview with Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 23: yes! Magazine — Time DeChristopher: Civil Disobedience on Trial
Photos:
- Feb 28: Ryan Van Lenning’s Flickr Set — Tim DeChristopher (Bidder 70) Solidarity March & Demo
- Feb 28: Salt Lake Tribune — DeChristopher trial rally: ‘Free Tim, free Tim’
- Feb 28: Standard Examiner — Hundreds show up to support Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28: City Weekly — DeChristopher Trial: Protesters singing in solidarity [Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher [
- Feb 28: Mobilization for Climate Justice — What Would You Do to Save the Planet?
- Feb 28: 350.org — Today Begins Climate Trial of Tim DeChristopher (on Facebook)
- Feb 28: Mountainfilm Blog — Live From Bidder 70 Trial: Monday Rally
Videos:
- Mar 3: 350.org — Tim DeChristopher’s Speech after Guilty Verdict: “The ocean that shapes the shore.”
- Feb 28: Grist — Climate activist Tim DeChristopher goes to trial in Salt Lake City
- Feb 28: KSL News — Protesters gather to support activist Tim DeChristopher
- Feb 28: Tim DeChristopher, Daryl Hannah talk about Bidder 70 Trial
- Solve Climate — Seven Talks with Tim DeChristopher
- Bidder 70 Teaser Trailer
- Oct 24, 2009: Tim DeChristopher Speaks at 350 SLC Event
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Will someone post more information on the exact legality of this case, and what his lawyers are doing to appeal this ruling? Who should we address letters to?
Tim
You won. It’s their Law, but Justice is ours. Well done.
You are the point guy of the environmental direct action movement at the movement. Enjoy it ‘cos it won’t last long, their are too many people with too much passion out there and someone’s going to come up with an action that even tops yours for soon, I’m sure.
I’m going to wrote about the case for the next issue of Pentacle. It’s a magazine for the British pagan community, but I’m sure we can get a copy sent across the pond.
Martin Porter
Derbyshire
England
so—– is there going to be an appeal? then maybe all the facts can be presented to a jury of peers!!!!
I have written the White House — what are they doing????
Please let Tim know he has support.
The thing I find the most interesting about this whole trial, as I understand the details, is that Tim was NOT vetted by the people running the auction that day. Thus they BROKE THEIR OWN LAW, by letting him into the auction without confirming that he had the money to bid, and that he represented an organizatio nor business. Thus making the auction itself illeagal.And Tim raised the money that was required to make the deposit on the bids and was told that the Government would not accept the money. There is also some gray area on the intial legality of the auction in the first place.