Imprisoned Alaska militia leader seeks help of Amnesty International

An Alaska militia leader sentenced to more than 25 years in January for conspiracy to kill law enforcement officials has recently written to Amnesty International, claiming that he is a political prisoner of the United States and that the human rights organization should take on his case. Francis Schaeffer Cox, arrested in 2011 for a plot targeting Alaska state troopers and a federal judge, also plans to have his court-appointed attorney file an appeal by December 15.