Legal update

Welcome to the Kings Bay Plowshares Legal Collective Page! Here we will provide updates on the legal process, legal documents that may be helpful to fellow travelers, and documents relating to the necessity defense and international law. Thanks for visiting!

April 4 Anniversary Walk in NYC and Legal Updates

By Bill Ofenloch | March 28, 2022

To mark the fourth anniversary of their action the KBP7 and supporters are planning a Walk for Peace and Nuclear Abolition beginning at Riverside Church in NYC and ending at…

Vigil for Mark Colville’s Probation Violation Hearing, January 10

By Bill Ofenloch | December 28, 2021

Join us on January 10 at 1 PM for a vigil either in person outside the federal courthouse in Hartford, CT or virtually to support Mark Colville, one of the…

Prison Sentences and Home Confinements Completed, November 24

By Bill Ofenloch | November 24, 2021

Rejoice! All prison sentences are complete. As of yesterday all the KBP7 have finished their home confinement after prison terms. Patrick O’Neill finished his incarceration and removed his ankle monitor…

Mark Colville Released from Prison Today, September 10

By Bill Ofenloch | September 10, 2021

Mark Colville was released from the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn, NY on September 10. He had been there for three months. He had served enough of his sentence including…

Appeal to be Argued Friday, Aug. 13, Clare Grady Released to Home Confinement

By Bill Ofenloch | August 11, 2021

Appeal to be Argued Friday, Aug. 13, Clare Grady Released to Home Confinement. Friday, August 13 at 9:30 am ET, three KBP7 attorneys will be giving fifteen minutes together of…

Dec. 15 Update – Carmen and Martha Enter Prison, Fr. Steve Kelly Being Moved

By Bill Ofenloch | December 17, 2020

Carmen Trotta and Martha Hennessy, two of the Kings Bay Plowshares disarmament activists, self-reported to federal prisons December 14 to begin their sentences. Carmen was driven by a group of…

Prison Begins for Carmen and Martha Dec. 14

By Bill Ofenloch | December 8, 2020

Carmen Trotta has been ordered to report to the Otisville federal prison camp near Middletown in NYS to begin serving his 14 month sentence on December 14. He has already…

Oct. 29 Update – Four Defendants To Seek More Delay For Sentencing, Welcome the Anti-Nuclear Treaty

By Bill Ofenloch | October 29, 2020

Amidst national spikes of more than 81,000 COVID-19 cases and 1,016 US deaths on Oct. 28th, the remaining four Kings Bay Plowshares 7 defendants have decided to request further postponement…

Two Sentenced in Oct., Four Scheduled for Nov. 12, 13

By Bill Ofenloch | October 19, 2020

Fr. Steve Kelly was sentenced in Brunswick on Oct. 15 to 33 months incarceration, three years of supervised release and restitution ($33, 501 shared jointly with other defendants). He has…

Patrick O’Neill Sentenced to 14 months

By Bill Ofenloch | October 17, 2020

October 16, 2020 Patrick Challenges Judge, Judge Surprises Patrick BRUNSWICK, GA—In a decision likely unexpected by both the defendants and prosecutors, a federal judge today passed down a significantly lower…