US pipeline protester’s obstruction conviction overturned by appeals court
by Nina Lakhani from Environment | The Guardian on (#6ZD6F)
New trial for Mylene Vialard after Minnesota judges find pervasive' prosecutorial misconduct in Line 3 protest case
The controversial felony conviction of a peaceful climate activist has been overturned by an appeals court due to pervasive" prosecutorial misconduct.
Mylene Vialard, 56, was found guilty of felony obstruction in 2023 for her role in trying to halt construction of a fossil-fuel pipeline through Indigenous territory in Minnesota, in a trial beset by irregularities.
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