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  • Dismiss all charges or we will clog up courts, lawyers for Occupy Wall Street protesters say

    10/17/2011 8:27:47 PM PDT · by Qbert · 76 replies · 1+ views
    NY Daily News ^ | 10/17/2011 | MELISSA GRACE
    Lawyers representing about 800 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in the past month demand that prosecutors drop the charges. If not, they say they won't deal and will insist on going to trial - putting pressure on the already overloaded Manhattan criminal courts. "I'd like to suggest to the DA's office the appropriate way to deal with these cases is outright dismissal," said defense lawyer Martin Stolar. "The leverage is, we take them all to trial." [Snip] Court officials had a different take. "Is it a strain on the system? Yes," said courts spokesman David Bookstaver. "But the reality is...