By Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement: One of the Vaughn 17 speaks about the State’s attempt to hide evidence and railroad prisoners throughout the current trial. Produced by the Revolutionary Abolitionist Movement (RAM). Jarreau Ayers of the #Vaughn17 gives a breakdown about how the state is trying to bury evidence and railroad the defendants in this trial.... Continue Reading →
Vaughn 17 Trial 2, Week 4: The Defense’s Case
The fourth week of this incredibly long and punitive trial saw defendants Abednego Baynes, Kevin Berry, John Bramble, and Obadiah Miller finally able to speak to the lies the state’s used to construct a case against them. Two defendants from the first trial — Jarreau Ayers and Dwayne Staats — also testified this week, revealing... Continue Reading →
State Introduces New Witness, Who Felt Led To “Tell The Truth” After First Round Of Trials Ended
The second week of the second round of trials in the state's pursuit of retribution for the uprising in James T. Vaughn Correctional Center this time two years ago came to an end Friday, January 25 in Wilmington, Delaware. It was a short week, with the federal holiday observed on Monday and Judge Carpenter, who... Continue Reading →
Second Vaughn 17 Trial: End of First Week
After failing to present any substantive evidence all week and then seeing their star witness devastatingly discredited under cross-examination on Friday, one might think the prosecution for the Vaughn 17 case would be going home this weekend and discussing how to quietly drop the charges against the remaining prisoners charged with alleged involvement in the... Continue Reading →
Four More Bravely Stare Down State’s Fixation On Retribution For 2017 Smyrna Prison Uprising
Wilmington, DE "Prison is not somewhere people aspire to spend their lives," Delaware assistant attorney general Nichole Warner told us as she opened the state's case against Kevin Berry, John Bramble, Abednego Baynes and Obadiah Miller. These four individuals, like those who were tried before them, know this fact all too well given the repression... Continue Reading →
Donate to Support the Vaughn 17!
From the GoFundMe campaign to support the Vaughn 17: Support defendants in the Vaughn uprising trial as they face immense repression! After a series of peaceful protests yielded few results, incarcerated comrades took over a building at James T. Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware on February 1st, 2017. Citing the election of Donald Trump and... Continue Reading →
Delaware Vaughn Prison Revolt Trial Ends In Mixed Verdict
From Unicorn Riot - 11/20/18: Wilmington, DE – The trial of three prisoners accused of involvement in a February 1, 2017 prisoner uprising at the James T. Vaughn Correctional Center finished testimony and closing arguments last week. After a trial lasting about a month, jurors began deliberations on Friday, November 16, and reached a verdict... Continue Reading →
Court Support Summary: Friday 11/09/2018
“People’s mentality is they’re victims of circumstance. They fail to realize they were victims before C Building…Those who understand the uprising needed to happen […] started from one thought (amazing)…Now I truly know the concept of the tree inside the seed… If my number gets called I’m going pro se, fuck a suit, I’ll wear... Continue Reading →
NO EVIDENCE, NO CONVICTIONS: Week 1 of the first Vaughn 17 trial
Breaking Update: Roman Shankaras is no longer part of this trial group. On Tuesday, October 30, the judge severed Shankaras's case from the other 3 defendants. Shankaras will be rescheduled to a later date. The judge stated that this was because "the relationship between Shankaras and his counsel had deteriorated to a point where it... Continue Reading →
Greg Curry in Solidarity with the Vaughn 17
From Lucasville Amnesty: On Monday the Vaughn 17 trials began, sending the first 4 defendants to trial. Like Lucasville, the state is relying entirely on informant testimony, underfunding defense lawyers and improperly witholding evidence. Two of the four starting trial this week kicked their court appointed attorneys off and are defending themselves. Unlike Lucasville, there's... Continue Reading →