On May 19th, in Peoria, Illinois, Anthony Gay was convicted in federal court and is now a political prisoner based on false charges of illegally possessing a firearm and ammunition as a felon.

His first Federal trial on these charges less than a month earlier, ended in a hung jury, demonstrating that Anthony had convincingly argued that these charges were false. Even more remarkably, he achieved that hung jury pro se – that is, representing himself.

Statement from the National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression on the wrongful conviction of political prisoner, Anthony Gay.