30-Year Sentence for Transporting Zines Is a Five-Alarm Fire for Free Speech

Daniel Sanchez Estrada has been sentenced to thirty years in prison for transporting zines—handmade publications connected to the Prairieland protest. According to The Intercept, he wasn't even present at the event. The harsh sentence is being characterized as part of a broader Trump administration push to suppress free speech through aggressive prosecution, raising concern among civil liberties advocates.

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