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Courtroom sketch of Assata Shakur.

Sketch rendered by artist Ida Libby Dengrove in 1973 during the Bronx Bank Robbery trial that Assata was eventually acquitted of.

The first trial took place from December 3rd - 14th, 1973, and it ended in a hung jury. Excerpt of "Inadmissable Evidence" by Evelyn Williams (Assatas aunt and lawyer):

"On the third day of jury deliberation a mistrial was declared because the jury was deadlocked. We later learned that one Black juror had held out for acquittal because the refusal of defense counsel to participate gave validity to Assata and Kamau's (Kamau Sadiki, co-defendent) charges that they were being denied a fair trial."

The second trial took place from December 14th-19th, 1973, and it ended in acquital. The jury totally discredited prosecution witness testimony of John Rivers (who participated in the robbery, pled guilty to it and testified against Assata) and Avon White (also pled guilty to the crime and testified against Assata); and did not believe the woman in the bank surveillance pictures were Assata, though Avon White testified it was.

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