Exclusive: "Eco-Terrorist" Freed 10 Years Early After Feds Withhold Evidence on Informant's Role

democracynow.org - In a Democracy Now! exclusive, we speak to environmental activist Eric McDavid, who has just been released from prison 10 years early after federal prosecutors acknowledged withholding key evidence about how he may have been entrapped by an FBI informant with whom he had fallen in love. In 2008, McDavid was sentenced to 19 years in prison for conspiring to bomb sites in California including the Nimbus Dam. Defense attorneys say he was entrapped by a teenage informant who went by the name "Anna" and supplied him with food, housing and bomb-making instructions, and pressured him into illegal activity. As part of a settlement reached in the case on Thursday, federal prosecutors acknowledged withholding key evidence, including an FBI request for the informant to undergo a lie-detector test. This damning detail about the government's star witness was found in thousands of documents released after his trial, when his supporters filed a Freedom of Information Act request. In his first interview since his release, McDavid joins us from Sacramento along with his partner Jenny Esquivel, a member of the group Sacramento Prisoner Support. We are also joined by McDavid's lawyer, Ben Rosenfeld, a civil rights attorney who specializes in cases dealing with police and FBI misconduct.
Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,300+ TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET: democracynow.org
Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: owl.li/ruJ5Q
FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE:
Facebook: / democracynow
Twitter: / democracynow
KZbin: / democracynow
SoundCloud: / democracynow
Daily Email: democracynow.or...
Google+: plus.google.co...
Instagram: / democracynow
Tumblr: democracynow.tu...
Pinterest: / democracynow
iTunes: itunes.apple.c...
TuneIn: tunein.com/radi...
Stitcher Radio: www.stitcher.co...

[@jamesmcdougal2]

Against Me: Anna is a stool pigeon brought me here

[@manfredschield9745]

I WAS IN THE SACRAMENTO COUNTY JAIL AT THE TIME THAT ERIC MCDAVID WAS FIGHTING THIS CASE ; HE IS A VERY WISE MAN....I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE THAT HE IS FREE FROM HIS WRONGFUL CONVICTION....ERIC, IF YOU ARE READING THIS, PLEASE MESSAGE ME BACK SO WE CAN CONTACT ONE ANOTHER AND GET TOGETHER..... "BE YOUR OWN SPEARHEAD IN LIFE"

[@marcusaurelius9915]

Commenting for the algorithm...and against corruption.

[@Armando7654]

Earthworhipers, If it's eco it's not terrorism.

[@DanBaker108]

They’re currently trying to do this to me.