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July 7, 2010

Environmentalist Avoids Jail Term for Senate Protest
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And the environmentalist Ted Glick has narrowly avoided a jail sentence
after facing up to three years for hanging two banners in a government
building last year. Last September, the day the Senate returned from
summer recess, Ted Glick and over two dozen other peaceful demonstrators
unfurled two banners, saying “Green Jobs Now” and “Get to Work,” inside
the Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill. Prosecutors were
seeking a tripling of Glick’s sentence because of two previous
convictions relating to nonviolent protests. But on Tuesday, the judge
in the case gave Glick a suspended sentence with one year of probation.
(Related coverage: Environmentalist Facing 3-Year Prison Sentence For
Unfurling Banners in Senate Office Building)



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