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83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in

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An 83-year-old nun who broke into a Tennessee depleted uranium storage facility in 2012 and splashed human blood on several surfaces, exposing a massive security hole at the nation’s only facility used to store radioactive conventional munitions, was convicted Wednesday and sentenced to a term of up to 20 years in prison.

The only regret Sister Megan Rice shared with members of her jury on Wednesday was that she wished 70 years hadn’t passed before she took direct action, according to the BBC.

The three activists are part of a group called “Transform Now Plowshares,” a reference to the book of Isaiah, which says, “They shall beat their swords into plowshares. They shall learn war no more.” All three face individual sentences of up to 20 years, along with a litany of fines.

“The shortcomings in security at one of the most dangerous places on the planet have embarrassed a lot of people,” the activists’ attorney, Francis Lloyd, told members of the jury according to the BBC. “You’re looking at three scapegoats behind me.”
Sister Rice has been arrested between 40 or 50 times committing acts of civil disobedience,according to The New York Times, including once in Nevada after she physically blocked a truck at a nuclear test site.

Depleted uranium munitions like the kind stored at the facility Sister Rice targeted are blamed for some of the worst birth defects and soaring cancer rates seen in post-war Iraq, particularly in the city of Fallujah following the siege of 2004, in which U.S. soldiers killed thousands of civilians.


Read more @: 83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in | The Raw Story

Whats her response? Basically should could give two ****s. 83 year old badass. I do however think the time in jail is a little too much..I mean she is 82.. And they also Pretty much they showed how ****ty the security seemed to be.
 
Good thing Bush wasn't in office you'd be blaming him.

I think the 20 year sentence is about as stupid and expelling kids for playing cops and robbers with the fingers and pencils.
 
Good thing Bush wasn't in office you'd be blaming him.

I think the 20 year sentence is about as stupid and expelling kids for playing cops and robbers with the fingers and pencils.

There goes the right-wingers again, always bringing up Bush.
 
Read more @: 83-year-old nun gets 20 year sentence for ‘symbolic’ nuclear facility break-in | The Raw Story

Whats her response? Basically should could give two ****s. 83 year old badass. I do however think the time in jail is a little too much..I mean she is 82.. And they also Pretty much they showed how ****ty the security seemed to be. [/FONT][/COLOR]

I'm sure FoxNews will be using this as ammo for their claims that there's a War on Christianity :roll:
 
While I think 20 years is a bit much, this lady does deserve to be taken off the streets because she has repeatedly shown that she has no respect for the law. I also wonder about her mental capacity. After being arrested 40-50 times, one would think she could figure out a way to get her point across without having to go to jail.
 
While I think 20 years is a bit much, this lady does deserve to be taken off the streets because she has repeatedly shown that she has no respect for the law. I also wonder about her mental capacity. After being arrested 40-50 times, one would think she could figure out a way to get her point across without having to go to jail.

Or she is just very committed to her cause..
 
Or she is just very committed to her cause..

Yeah...I suppose. But then, a burglar is committed to his cause as well. But most burglars, I would think, try to figure out ways to avoid going to jail. This lady seemed to try to GET to jail. Just seems kind of dumb to me.
 
I'm sure FoxNews will be using this as ammo for their claims that there's a War on Christianity :roll:

You can read their coverage of it yourself at Fox News

20 years is a bit much, but I'd be surprised if they got that since the range they could get is 1 - 20. "up to 20 years in prison" does not mean 20 years in prison.
 
You can read their coverage of it yourself at Fox News

20 years is a bit much, but I'd be surprised if they got that since the range they could get is 1 - 20. "up to 20 years in prison" does not mean 20 years in prison.

I wonder why Fox didn't link it to their claimed "War on Christianity"? :shrug:
 
Yeah...I suppose. But then, a burglar is committed to his cause as well. But most burglars, I would think, try to figure out ways to avoid going to jail. This lady seemed to try to GET to jail. Just seems kind of dumb to me.

It was an act of civil disobedience i bet she knew she was bout to go to jail.
 
It was an act of civil disobedience i bet she knew she was bout to go to jail.

LOL!!!

After being arrested 40-50 times...I certainly hope she knew it.
 
I'm sure FoxNews will be using this as ammo for their claims that there's a War on Christianity :roll:

Stupid blood attacking their uranium bullets like that. I bet next week we have the republican head of the house science committee trying to ban blood in the US because liberal terrorists are making their bullets dirty with the stuff.
 
Or she is just very committed to her cause..

She has no respect for the law because she is so committed to her cause. How about that? Making someone a heroine because they are dedicated is utter nonsense.
 
She has no respect for the law because she is so committed to her cause. How about that? Making someone a heroine because they are dedicated is utter nonsense.

Neither did MLK. He didnt have much respect for the law either. But hey :shrug:
 
While I think 20 years is a bit much, this lady does deserve to be taken off the streets because she has repeatedly shown that she has no respect for the law. I also wonder about her mental capacity. After being arrested 40-50 times, one would think she could figure out a way to get her point across without having to go to jail.

the person who should be in prison is the guard who didn't waste her sorry ass for that sort of security breach!!

twenty years-what a waste of tax dollars

a public Caning would be more appropriate!! WITH A RULER!!!!
 
the person who should be in prison is the guard who didn't waste her sorry ass for that sort of security breach!!

twenty years-what a waste of tax dollars

a public Caning would be more appropriate!! WITH A RULER!!!!

Are you having Catholic school flashbacks?
 
Are you having Catholic school flashbacks?

not me-I went to secular private schools all my life but my wife went to an all catholic girls school through 6th grade and I heard horror stories

nothing like the suitemate of my girl friend in college. this girl lived in Germany (her dad was some big MNC big shot) and she danced professionally with a company that had a RUSSIAN ballet mistress. Theresa said if she or the other girls didn't keep their legs straight on pointe IVANA would whack them across the shin with a walking cane!!
 
not me-I went to secular private schools all my life but my wife went to an all catholic girls school through 6th grade and I heard horror stories

nothing like the suitemate of my girl friend in college. this girl lived in Germany (her dad was some big MNC big shot) and she danced professionally with a company that had a RUSSIAN ballet mistress. Theresa said if she or the other girls didn't keep their legs straight on pointe IVANA would whack them across the shin with a walking cane!!

Gotta love the Russians. I was totally kidding, BTW. You and I have similar scholastic backgrounds. A lot of the Catholic school grads like to believe they went to prep school. You and I know better. ;)
 
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