The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. December 22, 2017 First J20 Trial Ends with Not-Guilty Verdicts --------------------------------------------- A jury in Washington, D.C., has acquitted the first six people to stand trial after being arrested at protests during President Trump's inauguration. The defendants had faced up to 50 years in prison if they had been convicted. More than 180 others are still awaiting trial. We will have more later in the program. .