USA: 'Criminalizing Compassion': Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison
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'Criminalizing Compassion': Trial Begins for Humanitarian Facing 20 Years in Prison for Giving Water to Migrants in Arizona Desert
"If Dr. Warren were convicted and imprisoned on these absurd charges, he would be a prisoner of conscience."
by: Jessica Corbett
Scott Warren faces up to 20 years in prison for providing humanitarian aid to migrants in the Arizona desert. (Photo: Alli Jarrar/Amnesty International)
Human rights advocates accused the U.S. Justice Department of "criminalizing compassion" as a federal trial began in Arizona Wednesday for activist Scott Warren, who faces up to 20 years in prison for providing humanitarian aid to migrants in the desert.
Warren, a 36-year-old college geography instructor from Ajo, Arizona, is a volunteer for the h...