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The seven Catholics known as the Kings Bay Plowshares are seen in early April 2018 before their action that led to federal convictions. (CNS/Kings Bay Plowshares)
Mark Colville, the last of the seven Kings Bay Plowshares anti-nuclear activists to be sentenced, was sentenced April 9 to 21 months in prison by Judge Lisa Godbey Wood of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia. Colville and his fellow Catholic activists were convicted in October 2019 of conspiracy, destruction of property on a naval installation, depredation of government property, and trespassing.
Along with the six others who participated in the Kings Bay Plowshares action on the night of April 4, 2018, breaking onto a U.S. Navy submarine base to protest the country s stockpiling of nuclear weapons, Colville was also sentenced to pay over $33,000 in restitution to the U.S. government for damages incurred.