US Climate Activist Sentenced to 18 Months in Prison
Timothy Martin, a climate activist and architect from North Carolina, has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in a 2023 protest at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.
Martin was found guilty of conspiracy and injuring government property after he and another protester, Joanna Smith, splashed paint on the display case and base of Edgar Degas's sculpture La petite danseuse de quatorze ans (Little Dancer Aged Fourteen, 1880).
Courtesy of Declare Emergency, the protest was carried out by affiliates of the group.
- Timothy Martin was convicted of conspiracy and injuring government property.
- The protest took place at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC in 2023.
Author's summary: Climate activist sentenced to 18 months.
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