Gave him life in prison and also ordered Reason magazine to never talk about the case which was finished, but also never to reveal that there was a gag order on them at all...????
That sounds like something that would be done by Russia, China or lran.
No, Reason was ordered to provide identifying information for 6 people that posted comments on their website to an article about the case.
They were belatedly ordered to not reveal the order to the targets of the investigate, but not until after they had already done so.
An extensive article about it: