Zoe Rosenberg, a 23-year-old student and animal rights activist is being sent to prison for rescuing four chickens from slaughter. She has health problems and will be harshly treated in there. Please help her.
Zoe will soon be incarcerated in Sonoma County, CA for the “crime” of rescuing animals from abuse at a Perdue-owned slaughterhouse. All along, this was a political prosecution; instead of prosecuting Perdue for documented animal cruelty, the District Attorney punished Zoe for exposing it.
The District Attorney charged Zoe with a ramped-up felony conspiracy charge to increase her maximum sentence and forced her to wear a GPS ankle monitor for over 20 months while awaiting trial. When trial finally arrived, the court severely restricted Zoe’s ability to present evidence of the animal cruelty she had documented at Perdue and reported to authorities before the rescue. The jury only heard a small sliver of the story and Zoe was ultimately convicted and sentenced to jail.
Her imminent incarceration isn’t just unjust; it is life-threatening. Zoe has a serious chronic illness that requires constant medical attention. Being deprived of her freedom and medical care while in jail could kill her.
We demand her immediate release. Compassion should not be criminalized, and it certainly shouldn’t be a death sentence.
Please sign to fight for Zoe and everyone else who bravely makes compassion their first priority. Compassion is not a crime. Don’t let them make it one.
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