{"id":297127,"date":"2023-08-24T21:11:13","date_gmt":"2023-08-25T02:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=297127"},"modified":"2023-08-24T21:11:13","modified_gmt":"2023-08-25T02:11:13","slug":"face-act-closing-arguments-criteria-guilty-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/face-act-closing-arguments-criteria-guilty-verdict\/","title":{"rendered":"Defense in FACE Act trial closing arguments: Criteria not met for guilty verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Closing statements were given today, August 24, in the federal trial of five pro-life activists: Lauren Handy, Will Goodman, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, and Herb Geraghty. Each faces up to 11 years in prison (10 for conspiracy and one for FACE Act violations).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Government attorney John Crabb gave the closing statement for the prosecution. He claimed the defendants \u201cplanned their crime carefully\u201d and had a \u201cscheme to interfere with others\u2019 rights.\u201d Employing euphemisms liberally, Crabb referred to the Washington Surgi-Clinic (WSC), which is first and foremost an abortion facility, as \u201ca medical facility.\u201d He referred to the final day of a three-day abortion procedure (possibly an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aBIhez7C1dM&amp;t=1s\">induction abortion<\/a>) as a \u201ctreatment\u201d that was \u201cneeded,\u201d and to abortion generally as \u201creproductive health services.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Ironically, Crabb closed his statement by saying: \u201cNo one has the right to impinge on someone else\u2019s rights.\u201d The pro-life side has been making this precise argument for decades.<\/p>\n<p>The Supreme Court ruled in\u00a0<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">Dobbs v. Jackson Women\u2019s Health Organization\u00a0<\/i>that a \u201cright to abortion\u201d does not exist under the Constitution; so the \u201cright\u201d Crabb is defending is not a right at all. The pro-life movement, on the other hand, works to protect the legitimate right to life of children in the womb.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jAbRlqcIsNc?si=5RsW2uaKLSp5L0qG\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">First of the defense attorneys to give his closing statement was Martin Cannon on behalf of Lauren Handy. He emphasized the need for each defendant\u2019s guilt or innocence to be evaluated independently. He also emphasized that his client did not physically obstruct any entrances, and that the government had not proven its conspiracy charge. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cHow can there be a conspiracy to violate FACE when everyone is left to their own conscience, and the outcome is unknown?\u201d Cannon asked.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next to give his closing statement was Alfred Guillaume on behalf of defendant John Hinshaw. He pointed out that the only people to use force during the rescue were WSC staff members, one of whom brandished a broomstick, using it to jab at the rescuers. He emphasized Hinshaw\u2019s complete nonviolence and stated that there was no evidence of any participation in a conspiracy on Hinshaw\u2019s part.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Following Guillaume, attorney Robert Dunn gave his closing statement on behalf of defendant Heather Idoni. He stated that the government had failed to produce any evidence that Idoni had entered into an agreement to \u201cinjure, threaten, intimidate, or oppress\u201d anyone, which is necessary to convict her of conspiracy against rights.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Next to give his closing statement on behalf of Herb Geraghty was attorney John Kiyonaga. He stated that, even after cross-examining Geraghty for three and a half hours, the government had failed to produce any evidence that Geraghty had participated in a conspiracy. He emphasized that Geraghty never agreed to block, never helped block, and did not personally block any facility entrances. He closed by saying that Geraghty \u201cwas there to entreat, not to bludgeon.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Last to give his closing statement was attorney Howard Walsh on behalf of defendant Will Goodman. He argued that his client did not meet the criteria for a guilty verdict on either charge, since there was no evidence of Goodman&#8217;s having participated in a conspiracy, and because he didn\u2019t block any entrances. Walsh noted that all Goodman did during the rescue was kneel and pray.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The government\u2019s rebuttal was given by Sanjay Patel, who employed almost as many euphemisms during his statement as his colleague had earlier. He characterized a three-day abortion procedure as \u201cmedical care,\u201d for example. He accused the defendants who took the stand of being liars. He also stated that if one of the defendants were guilty, they all were, but singled out Lauren Handy, saying, \u201cThis event [i.e., the rescue], this case, is all because of her.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Jury instructions will be given tomorrow morning, after which point the jury will begin to deliberate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/stop-planned-parenthood\/?utm_campaign=sex_ed_petition&amp;utm_medium=LAN&amp;utm_source=website\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-295788\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur-700x180.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur-700x180.jpg 700w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur-300x77.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur-768x198.jpg 768w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur-500x129.jpg 500w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/Stop-PP-From-Sexualizing-Kids970x250-blur.jpg 970w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Closing statements were given today, August 24, in the federal trial of five pro-life activists: Lauren Handy, Will Goodman, John Hinshaw, Heather Idoni, and Herb Geraghty. 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