NEW: a federal judge has reversed the convictions of four humanitarian aid volunteers in Arizona, ruling that the government embraced a “gruesome logic” that criminalizes “interfering with a border enforcement strategy of deterrence by death.” https://t.co/H3KiQaJv28
— Ryan Devereaux (@rdevro) February 4, 2020
The Trump administration began with prosecutors, Border Patrol agents and Fish and Wildlife officials bringing a series of charges against @NoMoreDeaths volunteers.
This is the second time in a matter of months that those charges have been defeated on religious liberty grounds.— Ryan Devereaux (@rdevro) February 4, 2020
Greg Kuykendall, who represented @NoMoreDeaths volunteer Scott Warren in two other cases stemming from the administration’s crackdown, said the reversal reveals what the government refuses to acknowledge.
“They need dead bodies in order for their deterrence strategies to work.”— Ryan Devereaux (@rdevro) February 4, 2020