Y-12 protesters remain jailed while judge considers whether crimes violent
KNOXVILLE—The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July and vandalized a uranium storage building will remain jailed while a federal judge considers whether their...
View ArticleFederal judge orders Y-12 protesters jailed until September sentencing
The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July and vandalized a uranium storage building must stay in jail until they are sentenced Sept. 23, a federal judge said...
View ArticleY-12 security failed to follow procedure, allowed driver to enter site, NNSA...
Police officers at the Y-12 National Security Complex failed to follow established procedures when they allowed an Oak Ridge woman who did not have permission to be at the nuclear weapons plant to...
View ArticleY-12 protester temporarily released for funeral; officials don’t comment on...
U.S. and Georgia officials did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday and Wednesday on whether peace protester Megan Rice, who has been convicted of destroying government property at the Y-12...
View ArticleGuest column: U.S. Marshals place ‘Cone of Silence’ over Sr. Megan Rice
By Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance The U.S. Marshals have placed a “cone of silence” over Sister Megan Rice, the 83-year-old defendant in the Transform Now Plowshares action who is being held in...
View ArticleGuest column: Peace activists deserve leniency; actions exposed dangerous...
By Danielle Brian, executive director of Project on Government Oversight If justice is served Tuesday, a federal judge will exercise leniency when he sentences Sister Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed, and...
View ArticleY-12 protesters to be sentenced Tuesday morning
The three protesters convicted on federal charges after sneaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex and splashing human blood and spray-painting slogans on a uranium storage building in July 2012...
View ArticleY-12 sentencing hearing delayed due to snow
KNOXVILLE—Snow delayed the Tuesday afternoon sentencing for the three anti-nuclear weapons activists who cut through fences and vandalized a uranium storage building at the Y-12 National Security...
View ArticleJudge says Y-12 protesters not contrite as snow delays sentencing
KNOXVILLE—The three protesters who cut through fences and vandalized a uranium storage building at the Y-12 National Security Complex in July 2012 have not shown contrition or accepted responsibility...
View ArticleSeattle man arrested during Y-12 protest crossed blue trespass line, police say
The Seattle man who was arrested and charged with criminal trespassing at the Y-12 National Security Complex on Sunday had repeatedly failed to comply with police commands, and he crossed a blue...
View ArticleY-12 protesters to be sentenced in three hearings Tuesday
The three anti-nuclear weapons activists who cut through high-security fences and splashed human blood and spray-painted slogans on the side of a uranium storage building at the Y-12 National Security...
View ArticleSentencing for Y-12 protesters now consolidated, starts later Tuesday afternoon
A federal judge has delayed for about an hour the Tuesday afternoon sentencing hearing for the three anti-nuclear weapons activists who cut through high-security fences and splashed human blood and...
View ArticleY-12 protesters: Nun sentenced to three years, men receive five
Note: This story was last updated at 10:20 a.m. Feb. 19. KNOXVILLE—The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July 2012 and splashed human blood and spray-painted slogans...
View ArticleU.S. attorney: Y-12 security compromises will be vigorously prosecuted
U.S. Attorney William C. “Bill” Killian commended the sentences given to the three Y-12 protesters on Tuesday, and he said he hoped it would send a strong message. “The Y-12 National Security Complex...
View ArticleLetter from Prison: Y-12 protesters’ statement on second anniversary of break-in
Note: This is a copy of a letter sent Monday from the Brooklyn Metropolitan Detention Center by Sr. Megan Rice, on behalf of the Transform Now Plowshares. We send warm greetings and many thanks to all...
View ArticleOREPA has events in Oak Ridge, Knoxville on 70th anniversary of WWII bombings
The Oak Ridge Environmental Peace Alliance has a series of events in Oak Ridge and Knoxville this week on the 70th anniversary of the bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, during World War II. The...
View ArticleThree Y-12 protesters will discuss Oak Ridge action in first public reunion...
The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex three years ago and vandalized the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility will discuss their Oak Ridge action in their first...
View ArticleThree years after break-in, protesters return to Y-12
Note: This story was last updated at 8:30 a.m. August 9. The three protesters who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex and vandalized a uranium storage building three years ago returned to...
View ArticleDemonstrator arrested after annual march to Y-12
Note: This story was last updated at 9:45 p.m. Aug. 7. A Kentucky woman was arrested on a state misdemeanor charge after she walked up to the federal “blue line” at the front entrance of the Y-12...
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