List of US Political Prisoners
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This list needs to be made less incomplete.
Disagreeing with the IRS
- William Benson -- co-author of The Law that Never Was
- Karl Bray -- died in prison in retaliation for printing a booklet
- Edward Lewis Brown
- Elaine Brown
- Charles Thomas Clayton -- physician released in 2011
- John Cheek -- airline pilot released in 1992
- George Hansen -- US Congressman, conviction overturned, health ruined by diesel therapy, died in 2014
- Sherry Peel Jackson -- ex-IRS person who tried to disprove allegations that the IRS was built on a lie and didn't succeed, in retaliation for sharing her findings
- Gordon Kahl -- released in 1978; murdered in 1983
- Janine Lindemulder -- released in 2009 after conviction for not filing
- Larken Rose -- imprisoned in retaliation for historical information video; released in 2006
- Irwin Schiff -- projected release date is in 2017
- Richard Simkanin -- died in prison
- Wesley Snipes -- actor released in 2013
Unapproved Medications
- Steve Kubby -- acquitted
- Peter McWilliams -- died in prison
Assertions of Sovereignty
- Russell Means -- later ran for the Libertarian presidential nomination
- Leonard Peltier -- two consecutive life sentences after a trial that Amnesty International classifies as unfair
Second Amendment
- Bobby Sands -- of the original Black Panthers, conviction overturend it 2001 after more than 30 years.
Whistleblowing
- Sherry Peel Jackson -- for telling the world what she found out about the tax code
- Chelsea Manning, nee Bradley Manning -- for exposing wrongdoing by the US Military
Journalism
- Barrett Brown -- reported on documents that had already been leaked
Suspicious Charges
- Phil Smart -- Texas LP candidate arrested before election day during more than one election in retaliation for simply running for office
Miscellaneous
- Jeremy Alcede, for not surrendering his personal Facebook account to a third party. As of this writing being given a blatantly harmful diet, presumably in retaliation for his outspoken political views before his company's bankruptcy. http://www.naturalnews.com/049681_Jeremy_Alcede_Facebook_password_human_rights.html