Support the Prairieland Defendants

Federal Judge Cites Political Views Like Anti-ICE Beliefs, Opposition to Immigration Policies to Impose Maximum Sentence Against Prairieland Trial Defendant FORT WORTH, TX – Additional Prairieland defendants were sentenced in federal court today, a week after shocking 30-100 year prison sentences were levied against eight trial defendants and three months after their convictions on a…

One Trial Defendant, Two Defendants Who Took Non-Cooperating Plea Deals, and Four Defendants Who Took Cooperating Plea Deals Will Be Sentenced on Wednesday FORT WORTH, TX – One week after a Fort Worth federal court imposed shocking and unprecedented 30-100 year sentences for nine Prairieland defendants convicted in March, the US District Court will sentence…

Sentencing Comes Despite Pending Motions to Overturn Verdicts, Based on Insufficient Evidence and Trial “Designed to Evoke Fear, Political Bias” FORT WORTH, TX – Nine Prairieland defendants who were convicted in March of numerous federal charges in one of the most closely watched legal cases against anti-ICE demonstrators will be sentenced over the next two…

Texas Court of Appeals Reverses Lower Court’s Denial of Bond Reduction for Prairieland Defendant, Orders Court to Set “Reasonable Bail” CLEBURNE, TX — The last Prairieland defendant to be arraigned, Lucy Fowlkes, has a hearing on Thursday, June 11, in order to enter a plea and move to reduce her $10 million bond. The State…

Motion to Quash Comes Two Weeks After Arraignment of Three New Prairieland Defendants, Indicted Without Fanfare by the State of Texas CLEBURNE, TX – Lawyers for Prairieland defendant Dario Sanchez filed a motion in State court yesterday to quash two counts of hindering the prosecution of terrorism. Texas District Court Judge William Bosworth ruled last week denying…

Two Weeks After Stunning Verdict, Prairieland Defense Lawyers Filed Motions Friday for Judgments of Acquittal and New Trial,Based in Part on Allegations of Juror Misconduct DALLAS-FORT WORTH, TX — Lawyers for nine recently convicted defendants in the landmark Prairieland ICE Detention Center protest case filed motions late Friday in an effort to overturn the jury…

Press Conference and Demonstration Supporting Prairieland Defendants To Be Held Outside Courthouse Today After Closing Arguments FORT WORTH, TX – In a surprise move, the defense rested their case yesterday without calling any witnesses. After ten full days of the prosecution’s case, it was expected that the defense would take at least until the end…

Defense Case is Vindicated by Testimony from Multiple Cooperating Witnesses, as Prosecution Prepares to Call Controversial Expert Witness on “Antifa” FORT WORTH, TX – Defendants in the landmark Prairieland trial were vindicated by testimony from cooperating state witnesses over the past three days, in a case that stems from a noise demonstration at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center…

Cross-Examination of Government Witnesses Leaves Defendants’ Supporters Feeling Confident as Trial Enters Second Week, Despite Attempts by the Prosecution to Block Defense Strategies FORT WORTH, TX – The first week of trial against nine defendants in the widely watched federal Prairieland ICE Detention Center case continued to expose the contradictions and weaknesses in the government’s…