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Kunstler gained national renown for defending the Chicago Seven (originally Chicago Eight), in a five-month trial in 1969-1970.
Sorry What is the chicage seven?
CANNOTANSWER.
What did they do?
convicted five of violating the anti-riot provisions of the Civil Rights Act of 1968.
Where they charged?
charges of conspiring to incite riots in Chicago during the 1968 Democratic National Convention.

Question: Did he win the trial?
Self-contained rewrite: Was there backlash over the acquittal?