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The '''Chicago Seven''', originally the '''Chicago Eight''' and also known as the '''Conspiracy Eight''' or '''Conspiracy Seven''', were seven defendants – [[Rennie Davis]], [[David Dellinger]], [[John Froines]], [[Tom Hayden]], [[Abbie Hoffman]], [[Jerry Rubin]], and [[Lee Weiner]] – charged by the [[United States Department of Justice]] with [[conspiracy]], crossing state lines with intent to incite a [[riot]], and other charges related to [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War]] and [[1960s counterculture]] protests in [[Chicago]], [[Illinois]] during the [[1968 Democratic National Convention]]. The Chicago Eight became the Chicago Seven after the case against co-defendant [[Bobby Seale]] was declared a [[mistrial]].
All of the defendants were charged with and acquitted of conspiracy; Davis, Dellinger, Hayden, Hoffman, and Rubin were charged with and convicted of crossing state lines with intent to incite a riot; Froines and Weiner were charged with teaching demonstrators how to construct incendiary devices and acquitted of those charges. All of the convictions were later [[Reversal (law)|reversed]] on [[Appellate court|appeal]] and the government declined to retry the case. While the jury deliberated, Judge [[Julius Hoffman]] convicted the defendants and their attorneys
Since the beginning of the trial in 1969, the defendants and their attorneys have been depicted in a variety of art forms, including film, music, and theater.
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