One climate activist was sentenced to 18 months in prison, the other to two years. They said that they had meant to draw attention to climate change.
Two climate activists who dumped red powder over the display case that holds the U.S. Constitution at the National Archives Museum in February were each sentenced this week to more than a year in prison.
Judge Amy Berman Jackson of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Tuesday sentenced one activist, Jackson Green, 27, of Utah, to 18 months in prison to be followed by two years of supervised release.
On Friday, Judge Jackson sentenced the other activist, Donald Zepeda, 35, of Maryland, to two years in prison with two years of supervised release.
They must pay $58,607.59 in restitution to the National Archives, according to court records.
In an episode that was captured on video, Mr. Green and Mr. Zepeda poured powder over the display case in the rotunda of the National Archives Museum on Feb. 14 in what prosecutors described as a “stunt” that was meant to draw attention to climate change.
The two men also poured powder over themselves and stood in the rotunda, calling for solutions to climate change.
The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was made of pigment and cornstarch.
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