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Dorothy Day’s granddaughter sentenced to prison for Kings Bay nuclear weapons protest by Yonat Shimron, RNS, Nov. 13, 2020

November 14, 2020

(RNS) — Martha Hennessy, a granddaughter of Dorothy Day, the founder of the Catholic Worker movement, was sentenced Friday (Nov. 13) to 10 months in prison for breaking into Kings…

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Peace activists receive prison sentences for submarine base protest by Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service, Nov. 12

November 14, 2020

Cleveland — Two of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares peace activists received prison sentences Nov. 12 for entering a Georgia naval base and symbolically damaging weapons systems in 2018. U.S.…

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Nov. 13 Update – Martha Hennessy Sentenced to 10 Months with 3 Years Probation and Restitution

November 13, 2020

Martha Hennessy, the sixth of the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants to be sentenced, was ordered to serve 10 months incarceration as well as three years supervised probation and restitution. This…

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Nov. 12 Update – Carmen and Clare Sentenced Lighter Than Expected

November 13, 2020

Today two more of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 were sentenced by video conferencing with Judge Wood in the court in Brunswick, GA. They both received less time than was…

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Nov. 10 Update, Call In Numbers, Three to be Sentenced Virtually Nov. 12 & 13, Mark Colville Gets Delay Until December 18

November 10, 2020

With the nation’s attention being drawn to Georgia and the pending runoffs to determine the majority in the US Senate, three of the Kings Bay Plowshares defendants have arranged with…

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November 8 Festival of Hope – Recording

November 8, 2020

The recording of the webinar can be watched on CodePink’s YouTube channel at; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6EMJOZPYD8 PROGRAM Our Host/Facilitator, Lydia Wylie-Kellerman, will welcome everyone to the event and during the program, Lydia…

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November 6 Update: Judge Denies Further Delays, Virtual Sentencing Nov. 12 & 13. Festival of Hope Sunday 4 pm

November 6, 2020

Judge Lisa Godbey Wood, presiding over the trial and sentencing of the Kings Bay Plowshares in Brunswick, GA, has denied any further continuances for sentencing as requested by the last…

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Read ” Ka-Boom?” by Alex Charns

November 2, 2020

Ka-Boom?: (*The Occasionally True Story about how a Catholic Nun, Deacon and Priest Saved the World from Total Nuclear Devastation with a NailsRight™ $4.99 Fluorescent Yellow Ball Peen Hammer) Sound…

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

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…

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Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Activists Sentenced for 2018 Anti-Nuclear Protest at Georgia Naval Base, by Brett Wilkins, Commondreams, Oct. 16, 2020

October 27, 2020

A federal court on Thursday sentenced a Catholic priest to nearly three years in prison for trespassing on a Georgia naval base to protest U.S. nuclear weapons policy, but he…

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