Lee Weiner | |
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 Chicago, February 11, 1970 | |
| Born | 1939 (age 84–85) Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| Education | University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (BA) Hebrew University Loyola University, Chicago (MSW) Northwestern University (PhD) |
Lee Weiner (born 1939) is an author and member of the Chicago Seven who was charged with "conspiring to use interstate commerce with intent to incite a riot" and "teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices that would be used in civil disturbances"[1][2][3] at the 1968 Democratic National Convention. He was acquitted of all charges by the jury and convicted on seven charges of criminal contempt that were later overturned on appeal. In 2020, Weiner published a memoir, Conspiracy to Riot: The Life and Times of One of the Chicago 7.
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