| 30-year sentence for transporting zines is a five-alarm fire for free speech(theintercept.com) | |
| 703 points by xrd 1 day ago | 431 comments | |
tl;dr: Daniel Sanchez Estrada was sentenced to 30 years in federal prison for transporting anarchist zines allegedly to conceal evidence tied to his wife's case—she received 70 years in connection with a protest where a police officer was shot, though she wasn't accused of the shooting. The case is the first prosecution under Trump's NSPM-7 "counterterrorism" memo targeting leftist dissent, and the DOJ has signaled more cases will follow, including warrants seeking YouTube subscriber identities for journalists covering protests. Critics warn the prosecutions effectively criminalize possessing political literature and shared ideology. | |
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