Prison for activist US nun, 84

A prison sentence is merely the latest result of a series of civil disobedience actions by an 84-year-old American nun.

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A prison sentence is merely the latest result of a series of civil disobedience actions by an 84-year-old American nun.

Sister Megan Rice has been sentenced to three years in prison for breaching security at a nuclear bomb plant.

Kristina Kukolja asked North American correspondent John Stempin just what does it take to land a nun in her 80s in prison?

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