A 59-year-old woman said she just wanted to hold her new grandson as she was given time to speak during her sentencing in federal court in Nashville on Friday over her participation in a peaceful protest in March 2021 at a Tennessee abortion facility.
Heather Idoni was sentenced to eight months in prison over her conviction on violating the FACE Act and conspiracy against rights. Judge Aleta Trauger said Idoni will serve the time concurrently with the two years she is currently serving for a conviction on similar charges out of Washington, D.C. She will likely serve little extra time due to the new sentence because she has about one year left on her D.C. sentence. She was also given three years of supervised release followed by one year of probation.
The Biden administration’s Justice Department had hoped for the eight month sentence to be added to the end of her D.C. sentence so…
