AUBURN — State prosecutors dismissed a criminal trespassing charge against a Unity woman who last year protested against crude oil freight trains from passing through this city’s downtown area. A jury split over Jessie Dowling’s guilt at trial last month. Assistant District Attorney Andrew Matulis reviewed evidence in the case before deciding to toss out […]
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Trial begins for Auburn rail protesters
AUBURN — Attorneys for protesters in tandem trials argued Monday that Auburn police gave them too little time to clear off the downtown railroad tracks, where they were protesting the passage of a train carrying crude oil. Lawyers for Jessie Dowling of Unity and Douglas Bowen Jr. of Porter argued that the pair, who had […]
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Oil train protesters’ trial to have two juries, a rare occurrence
AUBURN — The trial on Monday of two oil train protesters charged last year with trespassing on railroad tracks will have two juries in a rare judicial proceeding. The defendants will be tried at the same time in the same courtroom, but with different juries. Court personnel said Friday they couldn’t remember a trial with […]
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Judge denies competing harms defense to couple charged in Auburn train protest
AUBURN — Two protesters who said they sat on railroad tracks last year in an effort to stop an approaching train carrying dangerous crude oil won’t be allowed to argue at trial that their actions were justified because those actions would have prevented a more serious harm from occurring. Justice Joyce Wheeler wrote in a […]
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Trial begins for Auburn rail protesters
AUBURN — The trials of two protesters — charged with criminal trespassing during a demonstration against railroad transportation of crude oil — began Monday morning. The attorneys for Jessie Dowling of Unity and Douglas Bowen Jr. of Porter argued that the pair, who had linked arms and sat on railroad tracks in downtown Auburn, were […]