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Report on Day 1, KBP7 Trial Begins by Ralph Hutchison

November 3, 2019

Jury selection began at 9:00am on Monday October 21st, with seventy-two prospective jurors filling the courtroom; most audience members were seated on metal folding chairs in a specially-arranged small overflow…

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Report on Day 2 of KBP7 Trial by Ralph Hutchison

November 3, 2019

“Welcome back,” said federal judge Lisa Godsbey Wood to the jury and the packed courtroom as we sat down. And in the same breath she said, “Mr. Knoche, please call…

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Report on Day 3 of Kings Bay Plowshares 7 Trial by Ralph Hutchison

November 2, 2019

Oct. 23, 2019   Day three of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 trial in federal court in Brunswick, Georgia, began with an objection raised by Stephanie Amiotte for the defense, which…

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Religious Beliefs Are Struck Down as Defense for Nuclear Protest by Sam Husseini, The Nation, Oct. 31, 2019

November 1, 2019

On October 21, the trial of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 began in Brunswick, Georgia. A year a half before, on April 4, 2018, this group of seven Catholic peace…

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The Plowshares 7 Found Guilty: Nuclear Weapons Are the Real Crime by Kathy Kelly, Antiwar.com, Oct. 26, 2019

October 29, 2019

On October 24, following a three-day trial in Brunswick, GA, seven Catholic Workers who acted to disarm a nuclear submarine base were convicted on three felony counts and one misdemeanor.…

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Convicted Anti-Nuclear Activists Speak Out: “Pentagon Has Brainwashed People” by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout, Oct. 28, 2019

October 29, 2019

The seven Catholic peace activists who were convicted on October 24 for their symbolic protest against nuclear weapons at the Kings Bay Naval Base are now facing a two-to-three-month wait…

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Peace Activists Face Up to 25 Years in Prison for Breaking Into Nuclear Submarine Base by K. Thor Jensen, NEWSWEEK, Oct. 25, 2019

October 28, 2019

Seven Catholic anti-war protesters who raided the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in Georgia last year have been convicted of conspiracy, depredation of government property, destruction of government property and…

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From KZFR FM: Interview with Dave Waddell, Jackson Moore, Diane Suzuki, Mary Ann Grady Flores

October 28, 2019

Radio interview by Chris Nelson. Go to 65 minutes in to listen. Mary Ann Grady Flores was reached at the end of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7 trial in Georgia.…

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Seven peace activists who entered the US Trident submarine base found guilty, by Linda Pentz Gunter, Morning Star, Oct. 26, 2019

October 28, 2019

SEVEN peace activists who entered a US Trident submarine base in Georgia 18 months ago to protest against nuclear weapons were convicted on Thursday. The jury in the federal criminal…

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Jury convicts 7 Catholic pacifists of breaking into nuclear submarine base, by Jonat Shimron, RNS, October 26, 2019

October 26, 2019

(RNS) — A federal jury on Thursday (Oct. 24) convicted seven Catholic peace activists of three felonies and a misdemeanor for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Georgia last…

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