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February 19, 2014

84-Year-Old Nun Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison for Peace Protest 
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In the United States, an 84-year-old nun has been sentenced to nearly
three years in prison for infiltrating a nuclear weapons site in a
protest for peace. In 2012, three peace activists calling themselves the
“Transform Now Ploughshares” broke into the Y-12 nuclear facility in
Oak Ridge, Tennessee. They cut holes in the fence to paint peace slogans
and threw blood on the wall, revealing major security flaws at the
facility, which processes uranium for hydrogen bombs. More than two
hours later, when security guards finally arrived, they found the
protesters singing. The three were convicted last year of damaging a
national defense site. Two of the activists, Michael Walli and Greg
Boertje-Obed, received five year sentences, while 84-year-old Megan Rice
received 35 months.

 

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