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Kimberly Rivera, Pregnant Mom of 4, Sentenced to Military Prison for Refusing to Serve in Iraq
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Mario Rivera, Kimberly Rivera’s husband. As she serves her 10 month sentence, he will become the primary caretaker for their four young children.
James Branum, Defense Attorney who represented Kimberly Rivera during her court-martial Monday at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs. He has also represented dozens of other conscientious objectors, and is also legal director for the Oklahoma Center for Conscience and Peace Research.
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Private First Class Kimberly Rivera — a conscientious objector and pregnant mother of four — has just been sentenced to military prison for refusing to serve in the Iraq War. Rivera was on a two-week leave in December 2006 when she decided she would not return to Iraq for a second tour of duty. She and her family fled to Canada in February 2007, living there until their deportation back to the United States last year. On Monday, a military court sentenced her to 10 months behind bars. Her fifth child is due in December. We’re joined Mario Rivera, Kimberly’s husband and now the primary caretaker of their four young children; and by James Branum, a lawyer who represents Kimberly and dozens of other conscientious objectors.
