"What I'm going to rule is this: I will deny the prosecution's motion. However, I would ask defense counsel to be very judicious with the use of the word genocide,' because, as all of you pointed out, the word is very powerful and politically charged. If I feel that parties are exploiting that word, I'll sustain an objection and exclude its further use. In addition, I will give a limiting instruction to the jury, Chew said."
"The five German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor Black and Amy Zhai face up to three years in jail if convicted. The others arrested accepted plea agreements or were admitted into diversion programs. District Attorney Jeff Rosen declined to charge a student journalist who was arrested while covering the event. Supporters filled the courtroom gallery Tuesday morning, many wearing kaffiyehs in solidarity with the Stanford protesters and Palestinians in Gaza."
Judge Hanley Chew denied the District Attorney's motion to bar defense attorneys from referencing genocide in the felony vandalism trial of five pro-Palestinian demonstrators at Stanford. Chew also denied a motion to exclude political motivations but said such arguments would be severely limited under evidentiary rules and warned the defense to be judicious with the word genocide. Five defendants—German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Hunter Taylor Black, and Amy Zhai—face up to three years in jail if convicted. Others arrested accepted plea deals or diversion. District Attorney Jeff Rosen declined to charge a student journalist arrested while covering the event. Supporters in the gallery wore kaffiyehs and gathered peacefully outside.
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