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- RE: ARTHUR SCOTT BARNHARDT ET AL further, appeals have been pending in both Federal and State Courts. The article indicated that MESSERHAN, representing 32 KSU faculty members, was pursuing his appeals throuvzh the Ohio State Courts, while attorneys, DAVID SCRIBNER, of New York, and BENJAMIN SHEEREP, of Cleveland, were representing A group of KSU students and had appealed to the Federal Courts. According to the article, these grouvs were orizinally joined together, but that they spiit on January 28, 1°71, when Judcze THOMAS ruled out the grand jury resort and allowed che indict- ments against the 25 persons to stend. ‘Judge THOMAS said the report which exonerated National Guardsmen and blamed the KSU uprising on the university faculty and administration, made fair trials for the 25 impossible and violated free speech" this article further revorted,. ' In a separate article appearing in the Akron Beacon Journal on October 20, 1971, it was reported that aides to the Ohio Attorney General were in Ravenna, Ohio, on Cetober 18 and October 19 interviewing those who might testify for the vrose- cution in the cases of the 25 persons indicted, According to this article, Ohio Attorney General VILLIAM BROWN is concerned about the trials startinz before 1972 because "State Law requires that a person be brought to trial within three court terms arter he is indicted," The third court term since the indictments vere returned on GCctoter 5, 1970, will end on December 31, 1971. The article went on to indicate that "there has never been a ruling on whether the three-term requirement is waived while appeals are pending," ae :.::.: that the situation involving the prosecution of the 25 persons indicted by the Vortage County Grand Jury is further complicated by the Fact that KSU students are vetitioning for a Federal Grand Jury regarding the Mey, 1970, violence. . SuREIUIUAI-Gillivaistearerietc on caer T- h-hh. apace ymmianinaaicatlenstaraeditandi oiled ether “iaeanlataent uamerhoinina oth 0 1caara"Gather chim odcteatchinenk diene antainatanateaten tients sontok tenemmmnaebtiatedimadiaitinemt ication tenmet teeta anette talitnceat cemitceeen, atte oa ne ate aed a ee ra ag ae —_ .