Nuns Jailed!
A federal judge on Friday sentenced Jackie Hudson to 2 1/2 years, Ardeth Platte to almost 3 1/2 years and Carol Gilbert to two years and nine months. All three were given three years of supervised probation.
Hudson, 68, Gilbert, 55, and Platte, 66, were convicted in April of obstructing the nation's defense and damaging government property after cutting a fence and walking onto a Minuteman III silo site, swinging hammers and using their blood to paint a cross on the structure
During the hearing, Brown enumerated the arrests of the Roman Catholic nuns at earlier anti-war protests: Platte, at least 10 times, Hudson five times and Gilbert, at least 13 times.
"These ladies could not be deterred for the last 20 years. They will be deterred for the time the court sentences them," Brown said.
The case drew international attention to the three Dominican Sisters. An adjoining courtroom was packed with supporters listening to the proceedings on a speaker. The three women, dressed in black, took notes during the hearing and occasionally swung their seats around to smile at well-wishers in the audience.
They said nothing during the hearing. Earlier, they defiantly told a crowd of 150 supporters outside the courthouse they were not afraid of prison.
"The hope of the world rests on each of our shoulders," Hudson said. "We are doing our part. What about you?"
The nuns said they were compelled to act as war with Iraq moved closer and because the United States has never promised not to use nuclear weapons.
Many of the nuns' supporters waved anti-war banners before the sentencing, including Irina Zadov, 19, of Boulder. "To see people of their age sacrificing as much as they have is so inspirational," she said.
In other news:
Tomb Raider Angelina Jolie Says Her Life is ‘Really Boring’
Although she's long had a reputation for shocking the public, Jolie caused even more eyebrows to raise two weeks ago when, in a 20/20 interview with ABCNEWS' Barbara Walters, she revealed she had had a lesbian affair and found being slashed with knives sexy.
Now, as she promotes Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, she's a little surprised that the public is so interested in digging deep into her past. These days, she describes herself as a busy working mom who doesn't have much time for dating.
"I'm a person who hasn't had a relationship in a very long time, and hasn't had sex for over a year," Jolie told reporters in New York, where she was promoting the new film, which opens today in theaters around the country.
"I find my personal life really boring," she said.
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