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Criminal Justice System Unfair to Radical Activist
By Jon George
"Toiling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail, An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail."
Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom
In 1978, Ed Mead said, "I feel a lot of interior conflicts. One side of me feels the need to stay here ...
"Toiling for the searching ones, on their speechless, seeking trail, An' for each unharmful, gentle soul misplaced inside a jail."
Bob Dylan, Chimes of Freedom
In 1978, Ed Mead said, "I feel a lot of interior conflicts. One side of me feels the need to stay here ...
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