Is This America? Wayne Hsiung's Trial.
This series involves LIVE courthouse reports and expert panel discussions in real time of the trial of animal rights leader Wayne Hsiung, a lawyer and former constitutional law professor who - as you will see - defends himself in a trial critics called "a setup" designed to lock up one of America's most effective animal rights leaders. Hsiung is a co-founder of Direct Action Everywhere, whose factory farm investigations have gotten published in The New York Times, The Washington Post and other major media. Hsiung is also the leader of the "Right to Rescue" movement that cites laws against animal cruelty to justify removing animals who are suffering inside animal factories. After winning two recent "Open Rescue" cases, one in Utah and another in California, Hsiung went on trial in California's Sonoma County charged with trespass and conspiracy to trespass in Open Rescues involving a duck factory and a chicken factory. While hundreds of people participated in these events, where a few dozen sick chickens and ducks were removed, in the end... only one person went on trial: Wayne Hsiung. Being an attorney, he defended himself. The Judge, Laura Passaglia, a former prosecutor herself, issued a series of rulings that drew sharp rebukes from First Amendment advocates, including the ACLU, gagging Hsiung from speaking to the media, preventing any photos or video of the trial and even preventing a sketch artist from sketching anyone but Hsiung himself. Perhaps most disturbing, the judge barred almost all video evidence of the sick, suffering and dead animals recorded inside the facilities at the heart of these cases. What happens to Hsiung? You will have to watch and see. It should scare anyone who believes that justice should be blind, that the criminal justice system should not work on behalf of huge corporations and that animals are not things and deserve consideration as sentient beings. The judge, prosecutors, animal factory owners or any representatives of the meat industry are invited on any time to comment. For more, visit: https://www.directactioneverywhere.com/
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LIVE: Open Rescue Trial of Animal Rights Leaders!
Watch #LIVE #UnchainedTV coverage of one of the most groundbreaking trials in animal rights history! The Open Rescue Trial of Direct Action Everywhere co-founders Wayne Hsiung and Priya Sawhney, charged with conspiracy to commit trespass and trespass. Will this case help establish the Open Rescue...
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LIVE: Opening Statements & Rescue Trial Shockers
Critics say prosecutors have teamed up with the judge, a former prosecutor herself, to try and imprison Wayne Hsiung, the leader of the Open Rescue movement that is taking sick and suffering animals out of California factory farms and slaughterhouses. Now, Judge Laura Passaglia has ruled the pros...
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LIVE: Animal Activist Defends Himself in Trial
Is this prosecution or persecution? YOU DECIDE! The prosecution has rested in the groundbreaking animal rights trial of the leader of the “Open Rescue” movement. Now, it’s the defense turn. Defendant Wayne Hsiung, an attorney and a former constitutional law professor, is defending himself in the...
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Explosive Testimony in Animal Rights Trial
Shocking testimony in the animal rights trial of Wayne Hsiung, considered a leader in the animal rights movement. He is defending himself in a California courtroom on charges that could land him in prison. Hsiung is a lawyer and former constitutional law professor who is brilliant at cross-examin...
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LIVE: VERDICT WATCH TEAM COVERAGE!
Wayne Hsiung is on trial in Sonoma County, California for organizing what's called Open Rescues of suffering chickens and ducks inside animal factories. Hsiung, who is an attorney and former constitutional law professor, has defended himself against charges of trespass and conspiracy to trespass ...
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LIVE: Jury Struggles in Animal Rights Deliberations!
LIVE: UnchainedTV has LIVE team coverage from the courthouse in Sonoma County, California. Wayne Hsiung faces up to 2 years in prison for organizing what's called Open Rescues of suffering chickens and ducks inside animal factories. Hsiung, an attorney and former constitutional law professor, has...
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The verdict is in...But ONLY on ONE Count out of 4 Charges!
LIVE: In a wild development, on the 5th day of deliberations, jurors finally announced a verdict! But, when they were questioned by the judge, they revealed they had only reached a verdict on ONE of 4 counts! So, the judge told them to keep talking, even though they insisted they had polled thems...
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Wayne Hsiung Found Guilty On 3 Counts. Send to Jail with NO Bail.
LIVE: On the 6th day of deliberation, Wayne Hsiung was found GUILTY on 3 counts, while the jury hung on a 4th count. In a shocking move, the judge ordered him to jail immediately with NO BAIL to await sentencing at the end of November. UnchainedTV has LIVE team coverage from the courthouse in Son...
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LIVE: The Sentencing of Animal Rights Leader
#UnchainedTV is LIVE at the courthouse as Direct Action Everywhere co-founder and attorney Wayne Hsiung faces sentencing in the historic Sonoma County, California Open Rescue trial involving mass actions to rescue suffering chickens and ducks from 2 animal factories about 5 years ago. Hsiung was ...
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BREAKING NEWS: Animal Rights Leader Wayne Hsiung Walks Free from Jail
Direct Action Everywhere Co-Founder Wayne Hsiung is being released from jail in Sonoma County, California. Hsiung was sentenced to 90 days in jail after being convicted of 3 trespass related charges for leading Open Rescues of sick and suffering chickens and ducks from animal factories in that co...
