[Freethe SF8] SF 8 Court update – Tuesday - 36th anniversary of Jalil's arrest

[SF-8 case]

SF 8 Court update – Tuesday, August 28, 2007

Today marks the 36th anniversary of Jalil 
Muntaqim’s arrest in San Francisco. He has been 
imprisoned ever since and was 19 years old in 1971.

A good crowd of supporters attended this 
afternoon’s hearing and the SF 8 seemed strong and in good spirits.

The court heard off-the-record discussions this 
morning that resulted in an agreement by the 
prosecution to re-organize discovery documents 
with the participation of representatives from 
the defense. The over 200,000 pages of discovery 
to date, have been described as impossible to go 
through in a systematic way as they are not 
indexed and referenced by document or page numbers.

In court this afternoon, it was acknowledged that 
this process would be done in a timely way and 
then Judge Moscone would address defense 
entitlement to missing or incomplete documents. 
All decisions are thus tabled until the next 
court hearing on Tuesday, September 11 at 1:30 in 
Department 23, 850 Bryant Street, San Francisco.

Judge Moscone acknowledged that bail compliance 
for six of the brothers will include the 
surrendering of passports, that the men stay in 
touch with their attorneys, that they stay away 
from witnesses (which have yet to be revealed) 
and that they abbey all laws. These conditions 
are normal but were not stated when bail amounts were set last week.
Several of the brothers are expected to be 
released on bail within the week, and equity in 
property is being lined up for the remainder of the men shortly thereafter,

Defense attorneys are demanding that the 
prosecution disclose who any unavailable or 
deceased witnesses are and the existence of any 
relevant documents that are unavailable or 
destroyed including logs and lists pertinent to the case.

Issues about the continued sealing of documents 
that were produced to obtain search warrants and 
arrests will also be argued in forthcoming 
hearings. As these are documents generated by the 
prosecution to justify repression, these 
documents are highly prejudicial to the defendants and are factually wrong.

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