Environmental Activist Ted Glick Receives No Jail Time at Sentencing
July 6, 2010Glick helped unfurl 2 banners at Senate building
By JOHN HENREHAN
Fox News DC
WASHINGTON - Environmental activist Ted Glick knew he was risking arrest when he helped unfurl a couple of large banners last September in the inside lobby of the huge Hart Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill.
The messages on the banners: 'Get To Work' and 'Green Jobs Now.' Glick wanted the Senate to move quickly on a bill addressing the issue of climate change.
He did get arrested and was subsequently convicted of two misdemeanors in connection with the banner incident.
Tuesday in D.C. Superior Court, prosecutor Nicholas Cannon asked the judge to sentence Glick to 40 days in jail because Glick has "failed to show remorse" after being convicted twice, in recent years, on similar charges.
Judge Frederick Weisberg declined by saying, "I don't think any particular purpose would be served," with a sentence of jail time for the non-violent protest. Weisberg did slap a total of $1,100 in fines on the protester, and imposed a suspended 30-day sentence. Glick can avoid that jail time simply by avoiding arrest for one year.
Clearly relieved by the judge's decision to keep him out of jail, the 60-year old Glick told reporters he would pay the fine, and said it is "very unlikely" he will engage in behavior in the next 12 months that would subject him to arrest.
Glick must also perform some community service. The judge recommended a group that organizes weekend cleanups of the Anacostia River.
