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Plowshares Eight case was returned to the Superior Court Appeals Panel. In December 1987, the Superior Court of Pennsylvania refused their appeal, but ordered a re-sentencing. This ruling, however, was appealed to the
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and did not present expert testimony. Due to the Court's suppression of individual testimony about the Mark 12A and U.S. nuclear war-fighting policies, four left the trial and returned to witness at
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Pennsylvania Superior Court reversed their convictions in February 1984. In November 1984, Kabat was one of four protesters who cut through a chained fence and broke into a
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