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  1. Two Dominican sisters receive time served for Y-12 protest

    DAY THREE • 16 September 2011 • Part I, Carol Gilbert Carol Gilbert, arrested at the Y12 Nuclear Weapons Complex in OakRidge, Tennessee in July 2010 and convicted in May 2011 on a misdemeanor trespass charge, appeared before Judge Bruce Guyton for sentencing on Friday, September 16, 2011. Carol’s pre-sentencing investigation determined her sentencing range—points […]

  2. Anti-nuclear activist Bonnie Urfer sentenced to 8 months for misdemeanor trespass at Y-12

    Nukewatch press release September 14, 2011 KNOXVILLE, Tennessee – Bonnie Urfer, 59, of Luck, Wisconsin, a long-time staff member of the nonprofit nuclear watchdog group Nukewatch, was sentenced by the federal court here today to a total of eight months incarceration. Urfer has been in jail since May 11 and will now serve another four […]

  3. What Bonnie Urfer will say in court today

    Published on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 by CommonDreams.org Anti-Nuclear Activist, Bonnie Urfer, Fights Crime in Sentencing Statement by John LaForge Bonnie Urfer, 59, of Luck, Wis., is being sentenced in federal court in Knoxville, Tenn., today, even though she’s been in federal custody ever since her May 11 trespassing conviction. A long-time nuclear weapons […]

  4. Leonard Peltier moved again

    According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, Leonard Peltier has been moved from Oklahoma City to the U.S. Penitentiary at Coleman, Florida. The United States Penitentiary I in Coleman is a high security facility located in central Florida approximately 50 miles northwest of Orlando, 60 miles northeast of Tampa, and 35 miles south of Ocala. […]

  5. Plowshares activist released from prison; promptly arrested for alleged probation violation

    From the Disarm Now Plowshares blog A Plowshares activist was released on September 12 after serving the majority of her sentence, only to be promptly arrested for allegedly violating the terms of her probation. Lynne Greenwald was released earlier today from the SeaTac Federal Detention Center in Washington State after serving five and a half […]

  6. Time served for Gump; 3 months for Bichsel

    Y12 Resisters’ Sentencing Begins report from the website of the Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance – http://orepa.org/first-report-on-sentencing-of-y12-resisters/ MONDAY morning, September 12, 2011 • Jean Gump Jean Gump was the first of the July 2010 Y12 Resisters to be sentenced in federal court in Knoxville.  Jean was not present, but was represented by Francis Lloyd. After […]

  7. Helen Woodson Released from Prison!

    After  27 years in federal prison for her anti-nuclear witness (and subsequent actions), Helen Woodson arrives in Kansas City on September 10, 2011.

  8. ~ From the Irwin County Detention Center, by Steve Baggarly

    Reprinted from the Catholic Agitator, newsletter of the Los Angeles  Catholic Worker. Steve Baggarly will be sentenced September 20 in  federal court in Knoxville, Tennessee, for trespass July 5, 2010 at the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Last night as I prepared to turn in, at the foot of my upper bunk, […]

  9. ~ From FMC Carswell, Max Unit, by Helen Woodson

    Silo Pruning Hook activist Helen Woodson is due to be released September 9 after serving nearly 27 years in prison for that and subsequent actions against war and other assaults on human dignity, peace and the environment. July 23, 2011 Dear Jack & Felice, 48 days – and then I’ll emerge, Winkle-esque, into a very […]

  10. Norman Lowry returns to military recruiting office, then to jail

    Norman Lowry, jailed twice in recent years for protest at a military recruiting office in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, was released Monday, June 27, after serving nearly 18 months for trespass and probation violation after his second arrest. A few weeks later, Lowry wrote, “After searching God’s heart & being freed from the spiritual sludge of my […]

  11. Sung-Hee Choi released from Korean prison; Jeju resistance mounts

    Korean peace activist Sung-Hee Choi was released from Jeju Island prison today, August 17, where she’d been held since May 19 on multiple charges of obstructing the business of naval base construction contractors. After a series of court hearings through the summer, Choi was convicted and sentenced to eight months in jail. A two-year stay […]

  12. Hiroshima/Nagasaki Resistance Roundup

    Among the hundreds of meetings, church services, vigils, teach-ins and demonstrations across the world marking the 66th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, people engaged in acts of nuclear resistance were arrested at at least half a dozen places, including the world’s largest nuclear weapons profiteer, a nuclear weapons lab, nuclear […]

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