Jake Johnson is a senior editor and staff writer for Common Dreams.
Human rights lawyer Steven Donziger walked free Monday after 993 days of detention stemming from his decades-long legal fight with Chevron, which deployed its vast resources in a campaign to destroy Donziger after he won a $9.5 billion settlement against the fossil fuel giant over its pollution of the Amazon rainforest. 'Corporations must not be allowed to continue abusing the U.S. justice system to silence and intimidate human rights defenders.' 'It's over.
' In 2014, a federal judge with ties to Chevron ruled that Donziger was guilty of a 'pattern of racketeering activity,' a charge he has denied. U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan's decision was based on testimony from a witness who later admitted to lying.
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