Like the animals whose rights he was advocating for, Andrew Stepanian has spent the past two years confined in a restrictive prison cell. He was convicted of a violation of the Animal Enterprise Protection Act (AEPA), a bill that seeks to criminalize many respected forms of non-violent organizing. He has just been released after serving a two-year sentence in shockingly restrictive conditions. This morning Stepanian appeared with Will Potter and Amy Goodman on Democracy Now. This is the first time he has spoken publicly about his time in prison.

 http://www.democracynow.org/2009/6/25/exclusive_animal_rights_activist_jailed_at

Drew Wilson:
 http://www.care2.com/causes/civil-rights/blog/animal-activist-just-released-from-secretive-prison-speaks-out