Nuns Risk More Jail For Refusing To Pay Restitution To Air Force

In Denver, Colorado, a federal judge has rejected a proposal by three nuns that they be excused from paying restitution to the U.S. Air Force for damage they caused in a demonstration against U.S. nuclear policy. According to this week's Denver Post, Sisters Ardeth Platte, Carol Gilbert and Jackie Hudson, who have already served substantial prison time for obstructing national defense and damaging government property, seek to engage in community service work instead of paying $3,082 for the damage they caused in cutting through a chain link fence at a missile silo. The nuns object on conscientious grounds to paying any money to the military because of the uses the military would make of the funds. That refusal may mean they are returned to jail. [Thanks to How Appealing for the lead.]