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Santa Clara County DA Barred From Retrying Pro-Palestinian Stanford Protesters 251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed 240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED
A Santa Clara County judge has barred District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office from retrying a vandalism case against pro-Palestinan protesters due to a conflict of interest. Germán González, who is one of five pro-Palestinian protesters going to trial for breaking into the Stanford University president’s office, speaks to a group of supporters outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Deputies stand guard outside Building 10 at Stanford University, where pro-Palestinian protesters broke into the university president's office and occupied it before being arrested on June 5, 2024. Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, German Gonzalez and Maya Burke smile after walking out of a San José court where Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office was disqualified from their vandalism case by a judge due to a conflict of int
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According to KQED’s source item, Santa Clara County DA Barred From Retrying Pro-Palestinian Stanford Protesters 251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed 240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED, A Santa Clara County judge has barred District Attorney Jeff Rosen and his office from retrying a vandalism case against pro-Palestinan protesters due to a conflict of interest. Germán González, who is one of five pro-Palestinian protesters going to trial for breaking into the Stanford University president’s office, speaks to a group of supporters outside the Hall of Justice in San José on Monday, Nov. 17, 2025. Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office Deputies stand guard outside Building 10 at Stanford University, where pro-Palestinian protesters broke into the university president’s office and occupied it before being arrested on June 5, 2024. Deputy Public Defender Avi Singh, German Gonzalez and Maya Burke smile after walking out of a San José court where Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen’s office was disqualified from their vandalism case by a judge due to a conflict of int
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Primary source: Santa Clara County DA Barred From Retrying Pro-Palestinian Stanford Protesters 251117-STANFORDTRIAL-JG-7_qed 240605-STANFORD-JG-10-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-2-KQED 260507-DARECUSAL-KQED-1-KQED via KQED. VINI cites and links the source; it does not reproduce the publisher’s full article text without rights clearance.
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