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Nine Democrats call for release of jailed lawyer who took on Chevron view | edit | list | share
Contributor's comments: Reuters reports:
Nov 29 (Reuters) - Nine U.S. House Democrats have asked the Justice Department to release American environmental lawyer Steven Donziger, who spent decades battling Chevron Corp (CVX.N) over pollution in the Ecuadorian rainforest.
The disbarred lawyer was handed a six-month imprisonment sentence in October for criminal contempt arising from a lawsuit brought by the oil company.