CAE case update from the Scientist

http://www.biomedcentral.com/news/20041221/02
Artist bacteria case becoming costly

Steven Kurtz, the Buffalo art professor awaiting trial on federal
charges of mail and wire fraud, has received a worldwide outpouring of
financial and emotional support since his case made national news this
summer.

Kurtz and Pittsburgh genetics professor Robert Ferrell were both
indicted in July after Ferrell shipped bacteria to Kurtz to use in an
art project. That act allegedly violated a materials transfer agreement
Ferrell had signed with the supplying company promising he would keep
the bacteria inside his own lab. Kurtz pleaded not guilty in July and
is free on bond. Ferrell has still not been arraigned, however, because
he has been seriously ill and undergoing medical treatment since early
summer.

Since July Kurtz's and Ferrell's supporters have raised over $60,000
for their defense by holding fund-raising events around the world,
according to Ed Cardoni, fiscal agent for the defense fund of the
Critical Arts Ensemble, a collective of five artists Kurtz helped
found.

Some $40