STANFORD — Prosecutors have secured a criminal indictment against 11 pro-Palestine activists charged in a takeover of the Stanford University president’s office last year, clearing a key hurdle and accelerating the case toward trial.

On Monday, a Santa Clara County criminal grand jury returned an indictment of one felony count each of conspiracy to trespass and vandalism against the demonstrators, who barricaded themselves inside the executive building on June 5, 2024 while demanding Stanford divest from companies seen as supporting Israel’s military actions in Gaza.

The net effect of securing an indictment, which supersedes identical charges filed in April, is that the prosecution moves straight to trial proceedings. In a typical case flow, after charges are filed, a preliminary examina

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