Moss Courthouse for the arraignment where the charges will be read and DeChristopher will be expected to plead guilty or not guilty today’s actions will determine whether or not the case goes to trial.
(1 pm EDT) at the Salt Lake City Library Plaza and then march with DeChristopher’s supporters to the Frank E.
#Monkey wrench we need to go deeper trial
Update: DeChristopher plead “not guilty” to two felonies at his April 28 arraignment the trial date is set for July 6, 2009.īilled as a “NASA legend” on DeChristopher’s website,, Hansen will speak at a rally scheduled for 11 am this morning
The outcome of the arraignment will be posted later today on DeChristopher’s website. Hansen will argue that this creative act of nonviolent civil disobedience was a legitimate act of moral protest, justified by the urgent need to rapidly curtail CO2 emissions primarily from coal and oil combustion. The sales were later canceled by Interior Secretary Ken Salazar who questioned BLM’s handling of the sale in the last days of the Bush administration. DeChristopher was charged with two felony counts, each carrying up to five years in prison and a possible $750,000 fine, after he intervened in an oil lease auction held by the Bureau of Land Management in December 2008 by bidding on parcels he knew he could not afford (see our April 15 post). NASA climate scientist James Hansen is in Utah today to speak at a rally in support of University of Utah economics student Tim DeChristopher as he faces arraignment at 11:45 am MDT (1:45 pm EDT) in Salt Lake City.
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