Megan Rice
American activist (1930–2021) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Megan Gillespie Rice S.H.C.J. (Society of the Holy Child Jesus) (January 31, 1930 – October 10, 2021)[1] was an American nuclear disarmament activist, Catholic nun, and former missionary.[2] She was notable for illegally entering the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, at the age of 82, with two fellow activists of the Transform Now Plowshares group.[3] The action was a nuclear disarmament protest referred to as "the biggest security breach in the history of the nation's atomic complex."[2][4]
Megan Rice | |
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Born | Megan Gillespie Rice (1930-01-31)January 31, 1930 |
Died | October 10, 2021(2021-10-10) (aged 91) Rosemont, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Education | Fordham University Villanova University (BS) Boston College (MS) |
Occupation(s) | Nun, activist |
Known for | Illegally entering in 2012 at Y-12 National Nuclear Weapons Complex Y-12 in Oak Ridge, Tennessee |
Rice was sentenced to almost three years in prison. In May 2015, the conviction for sabotage was vacated by a federal appeals court. The appeals court ruled that the prosecution failed to prove that Rice and the two others had the intention of causing injury to the national defense system.[5][6] The lesser charge of injuring government property was upheld by the court but Rice was released within a week as the two years she had already served would be more than the re-sentencing for the upheld conviction.[6][4][7]