And Then There Were None: Chicago Seven conspiracy defendant Jerry Rubin, left, and lawyer William M. Kunstler embrace Thursday after they were freed without jail sentences on contempt of court convictions. Also freed were two other members of the original Chicago Seven, who were not present at Thursday's ruling on sentence. Four of the other original defendants and attorney Leonard Weinglass were acquitted of the contempt charges earlier. All of the defendants have been cleared of the charges for which they were originally brought to trial in 1968, Chicago. NB: Jerry Rubin (1938-1994) was an American social activist, anti-war leader, and counterculture icon during the 1960s and 1970s. He became a successful businessman in the 80s. Rubin gained his widest renown from the anti-Vietnam War protests during the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago and the subsequent "Chicago Seven" trial. In that trial, Rubin and six others were tried on charges of conspiracy to incite violence and crossing state lines with intent to riot. He helped found the Youth International Party, better known as the Yippies. Rubin was one of the leaders of the 1967 anti-war march on the Pentagon. William Kunstler (1919-1995) was an American lawyer and Civil Rights activist, known for his politically-unpopular clients. Kunstler was an active member of the National Lawyers Guild, a board member of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and the co-founder of the Law Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR). Kunstler's defense of the Chicago Seven from 1969–1970 led The New York Times to label him "the country's most controversial and, perhaps, its best-known lawyer". Kunstler is also well known for defending members of the Catonsville Nine, Black Panther Party, Weather Underground Organization, the Attica Prison rioters, and the American Indian Movement.

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