The guilty verdict in the protester trial made the Hornell Evening Tribune, WETM-18 in Elmira, and the Elmira Star-Gazette.
Some of the highlights of the past couple of days of coverage:
- One of the protesters, Ellen Grady, testified that she had been involved in another protest when Amo Houghton had the seat in the 29th. Though she was told that Amo was out and wouldn't come back, he returned at the end of the day and invited the protesters to his home for cookies and lemonade.
- The reason the trial took two days, and jury selection almost one, is that the protesters tried to question each juror about their views on the Iraq war.
- One of the jurors who was interviewed said that the deliberations where surprisingly difficult: "I felt for the defendants and actually wiped tears from my eyes after the verdict. But I feel people should be aware of our laws and should abide by them."
- There's a possibility that those convicted may be sentenced to time in jail. If so, it won't be the first time for at least one protester. Daniel Burns spent time in federal prison for spreading his own blood over a recruiting station in Ithaca in 2003.