A federal jury convicted seven Catholic peace activists of three felonies and a misdemeanor Thursday for breaking into a nuclear submarine base in Georgia last year.
The seven now face up to 25 years in prison each for trespassing on the U.S. Navy base, which houses six Trident submarines capable of carrying hundreds of nuclear weapons.
The seven were charged with conspiracy, depredation of government property, destruction of government property and trespassing.
On the night of April 4, 2018, they cut a padlock and later a security fence at the Kings Bay Naval Submarine Base in St.