Convicted nuclear protesters must stay in jail

Published May 9, 2013 5:40pm ET



KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An elderly nun and two other nuclear protesters asked Thursday to be released from jail as they await sentencing for breaking into the Y-12 National Security Complex and defacing the walls of a uranium processing plant.

A judge could rule on that next week, but on Thursday said they will have to stay in jail at least until then.

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