Prisoners

North American Eco-Prisoners
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GRAND JURY RESISTORS

Jordan Halliday
Utah animal rights activist Jordan Halliday was charged with felony contempt of court for refusing to testify before a grand jury. This charge carries no maximum penalty. On July 27, 2010, Jordan plead guilty to one count of felony contempt. On November 3, 2010, he received a sentence of 10 months in prison. Jordan filed an appeal with the 10th Circuit Court which was denied. He is currently out of prison, awaiting designation to a facility from the BOP.
http://www.supportjordan.org

Carrie Feldman *Released*
Subpoenaed to a federal grand jury Iowa on Oct.15. After issuing a statement explaining that she would not testify, Carrie was ordered to reappear before the grand jury on Nov. 17. Carrie refused and was arrested. She *was* being held in contempt of court.
http://davenportgrandjury.wordpress.com/

AWAITING TRIAL

AETA 4. Nathan Pope, Adriana Stumpo, Joseph Buddenberg and Maryam Khajavi. All arrested and charged with violating the Animal Enterprise Terrorism Act. They were facing a maximum of ten years in prison for their alleged crimes, which include attending demonstrations and other First-Amendment protected activity. The court recently granted a motion to dismiss the indictment. It remains to be seen whether or not the government will issue a new indictment.
http://aeta4.org/

Walter Edmund Bond 2011-03339, Davis County Jail, PO Box 130, Farmington, UT, 84025-0131. Serving 12+ years for an arson at the Sheepskin Factory in Denver, Colorado and arsons at the Tandy Leather Factory in Salt Lake City and the Tiburon Fine Dining Restaurant in Sandy, UT. For more information, please visit: http://supportwalter.org/

Hugh F Farrell. Arrested and charged with multiple 'crimes' in relation to the anti-I-69 campaign. Recently plead to two counts of trespassing. For more info, visit the news section.
http://mostlyeverything.net/

Linda Greene *Released on bail* Animal rights activist, accused of stalking.

Kevin Olliff *Released* Animal rights activist accused of 10 felony counts related to anti-vivisection protest activity. These felonies are multiple counts of stalking, conspiracy, conspiracy to stalk, and threatening of a public servant. Kevin signed a non-cooperation plea agreement and was recently released after spending over a year and half in jail. Kevin was released from custody in November 2011.
http://www.supportkevin.org/

Gina E. Wertz Arrested and charged with multiple 'crimes' in relation to the anti-I-69 campaign. Recently plead to two counts of trespassing. For more info, visit the news section.
http://mostlyeverything.net/

Grant Barnes #137563, Arrowhead Correctional Facility, P.O. Box 300, Cañon City, CO, 81215-3000. Plead guilty and was sentenced to 12 years in prison for setting several SUVs on fire in the Denver area.
www.grantbarnes.wordpress.com

Nathan Block #36359-086, FCI Lompoc, Federal Correctional Institution, 3600 Guard Road, Lompoc, CA 93436. Plead guilty and sentenced to seven years and eight months for involvement in two incidents of direct actions that occurred in Oregon in 2001. solidaritywithsadieandexile@gmail.com

Tim DeChristopher #16156-081, FCI Herlong, Satellite Camp, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 800, Herlong, CA 96113. Sentenced to 2 years for interfering with an oil and gas lease auction on public land in Utah.
http://www.bidder70.org/

Eric McDavid 16209-097, FCI Terminal Island, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 3007, San Pedro, CA 90731. Sentenced to 19 years and seven months for "conspiracy to damage and destroy property by fire and an explosive."
www.supporteric.org

Daniel McGowan #63794-053, FCI Terre Haute - CMU, P.O. Box 33, Terre Haute, IN 47808. Plead guilty and sentenced to seven years for two incidents of direct action that occurred in Oregon in 2001.
www.supportdaniel.org
Listserve: http://lists.riseup.net/www/info/supportdaniel_announce

Steven James Murphy #39013-177, FCI Beaumont Medium, Federal Correctional Institution, PO Box 26040, Beaumont, TX 77720. Plead guilty and serving a 5-year sentence for sabotage and attempted arson.
www.SupportSteve.org

Jonathan Paul. *Released to halfway house* Plead guilty and sentenced to 51 months for involvement in a direct action that occurred in Oregon in 1997.
www.supportjonathan.org
Democracy Now interview

Justin Solondz #98291-011, FDC SEATAC, Federal Detention Center, PO Box 13900, Seattle, WA 98198. Justin was indicted for multiple counts of arson, conspiracy and use of an "unregistered destructive device" in 2006 for his alleged participation in an arson at the University of Washington and an arson at the Litchfield Wild Horse and Burro Corral in Susanville, CA. On December 20, 2011, he plead guilty to a single count of conspiracy and a single count of arson for the arson at UW. He now faces up to 25 years in prison. Justin's sentencing is currently set for March 16, 2012.

Michael Sykes 696693, Michigan Reformatory, 1342 West Main, Ionia, MI 48846. Arrested and accused of arson and vandalism.

Fran Thompson #1090915, WERDCC, 1101 E. Hwy. 54, Vandalia, MO 63382. Fran is a prisoner in Missouri who has been sentenced to life. Before going to prison, Fran was a dedicated animal rights and environmental activist. After a man who was stalking her threatened to kill her and then broke into her house, Fran shot and killed him. Fran had taken on the prosecutor during her activism, and he used this as an opportunity to remove a threat to his power.

Joyanna Zacher #36360-086, FCI Dublin, Federal Correctional Institution
5701 8th St - Camp Parks- Unit E, Dublin, CA 94568. Plead guilty and sentenced to seven years and eight months for involvement in two incidents of direct actions that occurred in Oregon in 2001.
solidaritywithsadieandexile@gmail.com

The SHAC 7
Support Flier
From www.shac7.com:
On March 2, the Bush administration dealt yet another blow to the First Amendment, as the SHAC 7 were found guilty of multiple federal felonies for advocating the closure of the notorious animal-testing lab Huntingdon Life Sciences.

Kevin Kjonaas *Released to halfway house* Kevin Kjonaas, 2825 E. Lake Street,
Minneapolis, MN 55406
www.shac7.com/kevin/index.htm

Andy Stepanian *Released*

Byron Shane Chubbuck #07909-051, FCI Tallahassee, 501 Capital Circle, NE, Tallahassee, Florida 32301. Convicted of robbing banks to send thousands of dollars worth of supplies to the Zapatista Rebels of Chiapas on a regular basis during 1998 and 1999.
www.osoblanco.org

Leonard Peltier #89637-132, USP Lewisburg, Post Office Box 1000, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania 17837. AIM activist and citizen of the Anishinabe and Lakota Nations serving a life sentence after being framed for the death of two FBI agents in 1975.
www.freepeltier.org

MOVE is an eco-revolutionary group who carried out protests in defense of all life. There are currently eight MOVE activists in prison each serving 100 years after being framed for the murder of a cop in 1979. 9th defendant, Merle Africa, died in prison in 1998.

Debbie Simms Africa (006307), Janet Holloway Africa (006308) and Janine Philips Africa (006309) all at: SCI Cambridge Springs, 451 Fullerton Ave, Cambridge Springs, PA 16403-1238, USA.

Michael Davis Africa (AM4973) and Charles Simms Africa (AM4975) both at SCI Grateford, PO Box 244, Grateford, PA 19426-0244, USA.

William Philips Africa (AM4984) and Delbert Orr Africa (AM4985) both at SCI Dallas Drawer K, Dallas, PA 18612, USA.

Mumia Abu Jamal, (AM8335), SCI Greene, 175 Progress Drive, Waynesburg PA 15370, USA. In 1981 Mumia, former Black Panther and vocal supporter of MOVE, was framed for the murder of a cop. He was originally sentenced to death but is currently awaiting re-sentencing following a court hearing in 2001.