"The so-called Stanford 11, the group of protesters accused of breaking into the office of the university president amid pro-Palestinian protests in June 2024, were scheduled to appear in court on Monday. The group of current and former students, along with one Peninsula resident, were seen on social media videos storming the office of Stanford University President Richard Saller early on the morning of June 5, 2024, during the nationwide wave of college campus protests over the war in Gaza."
"They stand accused of felony vandalism and conspiracy to trespass, as KTVU reports, they were all due in court on Monday to face those charges, following a September 29 grand jury indictment. That indictment, which defense attorneys say is political, supercedes an earlier, identical one issued in the spring, and it allows the district attorney to avoid a public preliminary hearing in which the validity of evidence may be questioned."
Twelve people — three former Stanford students, eight current students and one Peninsula resident — face felony vandalism and conspiracy to trespass charges for occupying President Richard Saller's office during pro-Palestinian campus protests on June 5, 2024. A September 29 grand jury indictment superseded an earlier identical indictment and permits the district attorney to bypass a public preliminary hearing. Originally 13 were arrested; one non-student will testify against the other 11. Ages range from 19 to 32. Reporter Dilan Gohill was cleared of criminal and disciplinary charges. Defense attorneys criticized publicity and the non-public hearing; the district attorney said the case exceeds free-speech protections.
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