Cases rest after intense hearing for peace activists

BOTH sides rested their case at the close of proceedings here on Wednesday in the federal criminal trial of seven US peace activists.
As the day began the prosecution called one final witness, then wrapped up its case before the defence team presented theirs.
Six of the defendants took the stand as witnesses for the defence. The seventh, a Catholic priest named Steven Kelly, has refused to co-operate with the court system and has remained in jail since the seven entered the Kings Bay US naval submarine base in Georgia on the night of April 4 2018.
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