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The Exile Nation Project - Interview with Anthony Papa

Published on: 23 December 2011

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

In 1985 Anthony Papa was arrested in a New York cocaine sting, and under the draconian Rockefeller drug laws, was...
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The Exile Nation Project: Amy Ralston Povah (Pt. 2)

Published on: 3 July 2011

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In Part II of her interview, Amy relays the horrors of her arrest and prosecution, the 9 years she spent in prison,...
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The Exile Nation Project - Former Federal prisoner Amy Ralston Povah

Published on: 19 June 2011

Written by: Charles Shaw All articles by Charles Shaw

In 1991 Amy Ralson Povah was sentenced to 24 years in Federal prison for a crime she did not commit. An incredible...

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