] In October, three nuns vandalized a nuclear missile silo
] to protest the use of weapons of war. For that act, all
] three will spend the next several years behind bars.
]
] 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.
]
] U.S. District Judge Robert Blackburn departed from
] sentencing guidelines Friday in punishing the women.
] While the maximum term is 30 years, the guidelines call
] for a six-year minimum term.
]
] "We're satisfied," prosecutor Robert Brown said.
]
] 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.
]
] Officials said the women caused at least $1,000 in
] damage.

I've heard that "the problem in this world is that the nuns stopped teaching and the fear went out of the schools." Maybe more nuns like this need to teach.

Nuns sent to prison for vandalism - Jul. 26, 2003