FDA vs Wilhelm Reich

In 1947, following a series of critical articles about Wilhelm Reich's “psychofascism”^[29] in The New Republic and his “dubious professional standing”^[30] in Harper's, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began an investigation into his claims, and won an injunction against the interstate sale of orgone accumulators. Charged with contempt of court for violating the injunction, Reich conducted his own defense, which involved sending the judge all his books to read, and arguing that a court was no place to decide matters of science. He was sentenced to two years in prison, and in August 1956, several tons of his publications were burned by the FDA.^[7][19] He died of heart failure in jail just over a year later, days before he was due to apply for parole.^[8]

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orgone_accumulator