Jordan Halliday
Jordan Cade Halliday (born August 11, 1987) is an American animal rights activist, former political prisoner, instructor, speaker, author, designer, artist and developer. He was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2009 on charges related to resisting that same federal grand jury. That grand jury was investigating local illegal animal rights activities, mainly concerning fur farm raids in Utah. He was jailed for nearly four months under a contempt of court order to compel him to testify. He was later released and indicted on criminal contempt of court. He pleaded no contest to "Criminal Contempt of Court  on July 27, 2010. The charge is a unique one in that it is sui generis, meaning it is neither a felony nor a misdemeanor. He was sentenced on November 3, 2010, to 10 months in prison with 3 years of probation upon release. He filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which was denied. He was accused of violating his terms by allegedly associating with the vegan straightedge. His house was raided by a dozen armed FBI agents and he started serving his sentence early on January 9, 2012. He was released on July 20, 2012	Jordan Halliday
16519508	, his civil time running concurrent with his criminal time. He was released with 3 years of probation. On August 8, 2013, he was granted early termination of supervision after filing a motion with his lawyer. Early life. Halliday was raised in West Jordan, Utah, where he graduated from Copper Hills High School. According to personal writings and court records Halliday was in and out of treatment for various mental health related issues over his life. Halliday has been diagnosed and identifies as someone who is neurodivergent. Activism. According to testimony by his mother he became vegan at age 12. Halliday 	Jordan Halliday
16519509	decided to go vegetarian when he witnessed a cow give birth to a calf which was named after him. The calf later was sold presumably for veal or rodeo entertainment. When eating steak one night with his family, they joked they could be eating Jordan", so Halliday pushed his plate away and has refused to eat meat ever since. During High School, Halliday formed SLARP (Salt Lake Animal Rights Project) which was a school club dealing with Animal Rights issues in Salt Lake. Later in life Halliday formed the Salt Lake Chapter of the Animal Defense League known as ADLSLC . Charges and arrests. Grand Jury resistance. Halliday was subpoenaed to testify before the Federal Grand Jury in Feb. 2009, in Salt Lake City, Utah. The grand jury was thought to be investigating recent mink releases by the Animal Liberation Front, which Halliday claims to support but isn't affiliated. Others feel it is a modern-day witch hunt to gather information on the local Animal Rights community. Halliday's Support Committee claims that the grand jury was allegedly formed to investigate the mink raids, but the questions asked went far beyond the inquests into criminal activity. Halliday allegedly used a  form of Civil disobedience to resist the federal grand jury. Civil contempt of court. Halliday was found to be in civil contempt of court by order of a judge. He was incarcerated for nearly four months, after which he was let out and charged with criminal contempt of court. Criminal contempt of court. Halliday pleaded no contest to "criminal contempt" on July 27, 2010. He was sentenced on November 3, 2010 to 10 months in prison and 3 years probation upon release. He filed an appeal with the Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals which was denied. He was accused of  violating his terms by allegedly associating with the vegan straightedge after allegedly giving an interview to an apparel company. FBI raid and arrest. Halliday's house was raided by a dozen armed FBI agents and he started serving his sentence early on January 9, 2012. He was released on July 20, 2012, his civil time running concurrent with his criminal time. He was released with 3 years of probation. Targeted residential picketing. Halliday was convicted with count one "Targeted Residential Picketing Prohibited" (which is a 'class b misdemeanor') by a jury of four peers on December 1, 2009. This charge  arose from a 2008 protest in the neighborhood of an animal researcher. Halliday's other charge of "Wearing a mask with the intent to commit a crime" was dropped by the prosecution to avoid another mistrial after the jury failed to reach a verdict for over 4 hours. In an earlier trial there was a mistrial caused by a Fur Farmer being on the Jury. Halliday was sentenced to 1 year probation, 50 hours community service, and a $750 fine. However, on appeal Halliday was ultimately found Not Guilty. Harassment. During the summer of 2008 Halliday claims to have  experienced a lot of strange harassment outside of his home. Halliday claims the harassment started shortly after his name appeared in a University of Utah newspaper in regards to anti-vivisection demonstrations. Some of this harassment included: Since release from prison. Halliday is currently the co-host of the political podcast Which Side which features various guests with discussions involving animal rights, earth rights, atheism, anarchism, and many other topics. Halliday also helped found the Which Side Media Collective - a New Media Collective for a new type of Counter-Culture. Halliday currently organizes prisoner support events including letter writing nights  through SLCABC. Halliday is the Co-Editor of the Save the Kids from Incarceration book series "Poetry Behind the Walls" & "Wisdom Behind the Walls" published by Arissa Media Group of which Halliday is a Senior Editor. Lectures and speaking engagements. Some of Halliday's known speaking engagements include: Writings. Some of Halliday's known writings engagements include: