Former U.S. attorney general, civil rights participant can testify at Y-12...
A federal judge will allow a former U.S. attorney general and civil rights sit-in participant to testify at a Tuesday motions hearing for the three anti-nuclear weapons activists who broke into the...
View ArticleClosed-circuit TV may be used for jury selection in Y-12 protester case
There could be 70 potential jurors during jury selection for the May 7 trial against three protesters accused of breaking into Y-12 National Security Complex last summer, so supporters and reporters...
View ArticleFormer attorney general says Y-12 work unlawful, nuclear weapons should be...
Note: This story was updated at 3:54 p.m. KNOXVILLE—A former U.S. attorney general who said he has been involved in many cases that address the legality and wisdom of the nation’s nuclear arms policy...
View ArticleCourt will not limit time for jury examination in Y-12 protester case
A federal judge will not limit the time used to examine prospective jurors during jury selection on May 6 in the trial against three anti-nuclear weapons activists accused of breaking into the Y-12...
View ArticleY-12 protesters can’t use necessity, Nuremberg defenses at Tuesday trial
The three protesters accused of sneaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex and vandalizing a uranium storage building in July will not be able to argue during their trial next week that they...
View ArticleJudge says prosecution against Y-12 protesters not selective, vindictive
A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed claims by three anti-nuclear weapons activists who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July that a so-called sabotage charge filed against them in...
View ArticleY-12 protesters guilty of two federal charges, jailed overnight
KNOXVILLE—The Catholic nun, house painter, and laborer who broke into the Y-12 National Security Complex in July and splashed human blood and spray-painted slogans on a uranium storage building were...
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 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 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...
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