Climate activists get prison time for dumping red powder on Constitution

Two climate change activists who damaged the U.S. Constitution were sentenced Monday to more than a year in prison Monday for dumping red powder over the historic document’s protective casing.

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Both also must stay out of the District and all museums nationwide as part of the August plea hearings, according to prosecutors. Green additionally pleaded guilty to defacement of a memorial to Black Civil War soldiers at the National Gallery of Art.

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