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Stephen Donziger – the lawyer in jail for exposing an oil giant
When Steven Donziger won from Chevron £7 billion in damages for Ecuadorians affected by the oil giant's deadly pollution in the country, he became a marked man. What followed is a horrific story of the US legal system's collusion with the multinational. TAYLOR DORRELL reports
ENVIRONMENTAL APOCALYPSE: Oil pollution in the Lago Agrio oil field in Ecuador
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THE tall, grey-haired, 60-year-old attorney Steven Donziger gave a final hug to his son on Wednesday October 27 2021.
Donziger had spent over two years confined in his Manhattan apartment, restricted by a judge-ordered GPS ankle bracelet.
And now his first destination, excluding court, of course, would be the nearest jail, to which Donziger, a supposed flight risk, drove himself.
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