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Cuts to legal aid mean the majority of defendants now appear unrepresented.
Five of the defendants now on trial were students; six were self-declared political activists of varying views.
The defendants, now petitioners, are four private companies5 and the Tennessee Valley Authority, a federally owned corporation that operates fossil-fuel fired power plants in several States.
Those three, along with 11 other new defendants, now face prosecution for their participation in the conflict over government land restrictions.
A grand jury indictment, also unsealed on Thursday, laid out additional charges that the defendants now face for what prosecutors described as earlier crimes against Hispanics.
The defendant now insists the exception was well grounded.
"Congress has tied my hands," he told one defendant now.
One defendant now serving life rejected a plea offer of four years behind bars.
Just as predictably, the defendant, now in his sixties and a born-again Christian, insists he was simply obeying orders.
The defendant, now diagnosed and medicated, will still be found guilty despite his temporary insanity.
