SAN JOSE (AP) — Eleven pro-Palestinian demonstrators who were arrested at Stanford University last year after they occupied the president’s office building pleaded not guilty Monday for the second time after they were indicted by a grand jury on felony vandalism charges.

The group of current and former Stanford students and activists were charged in April with felony vandalism and felony conspiracy to trespass. All pleaded not guilty during their arraignment the following month.

But after preliminary hearings were delayed for months due to defense attorneys being unavailable, prosecutors took the case to a grand jury, Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen said in court documents.

Last week’s grand jury indictment superseded the charges filed in April, allowing for the legal

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