A Tennessee woman was sentenced Wednesday to more than three years in prison for her participation in a 2020 protest blocking the entrance to an abortion clinic in New York City.
Manhattan-based Judge Jennifer L. Rochon sentenced Bevelyn Beatty Williams of Ooltewah, Tennessee, to three years and five months in prison, noting the 33-year-old pro-life protester organized the June 2020 demonstration and live-streamed the event online.
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In sentencing Williams, the judge noted a handful of other criminal convictions in the protester’s background. Among them is a conviction that came in February, when, after a two-week trial, Williams was found guilty of violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act.
At the time, Williams requested leniency. She told the court she was traumatized by her difficult childhood and an abortion she had at 15 years old. She said, though, she has since found faith in God.
She spoke with CBN News in 2020 about her conversion to Christianity, which came while she was behind bars for her part in a money-laundering scheme. While she was in prison, someone shared the Gospel with her, Williams said, and she gave her life to Christ.
“When I got out of
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