Kahoolawe 1976: Ritte on trial

Molokai's Walter Ritte Jr. was the first person brought to trial on federal charges for participating in protests against the bombing of Kahoolawe. Ritte was one of the Kahoolawe Nine who made the first protest landing on the island on January 4, 1976, but he returned less than two weeks later, joined this time by his wife, sister, and a friend, Dr. Emmett Aluli. Ritte was charged with trespassing on the island after being warned not to return, but was acquitted by federal Judge Samuel P. King, who ruled the government failed to prove "beyond a reasonable doubt" that a verbal warning had been issued. I don't remember whether these photographs were taken at the beginning of the two-day trial or at its conclusion, although I lean towards the latter.