Protesting priests and nun get no mercy from federal appeals court in trial over protests

The Ninth U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that the 1907 Hague Convention did not overrule federal laws forbidding trespassing on government property.

The court upheld the convictions of two Catholic priests and an 80-year-old nun who broke into a Seattle naval base to protest the presence of subs carrying nuclear missiles. -db

From the Courthouse News Service, April 13, 2012, by Tim Hull.

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