Community Service For ENDA 4

Yesterday the four GetEQUAL activists who staged a sit-in at Nancy Pelosi's DC office were sentenced to community service and ordered to stay away from Rep. Pelosi. Metro Weekly reports:

After the morning arraignment, about an hour passed before a status hearing where they faced D.C. Superior Court Judge Harold Cushenberry, who said he would drop the charges against the women in six months if they keep their ''stet agreement'' with the U.S. government. According to Claire Morris Clark, the attorney representing the ENDA 4 -- Chastity Kirven, Janine Carmona, Michelle Wright and Samantha Ames -- that agreement means the women cannot go to Pelosi's office inside the Cannon House Office Building or break any law during the six months. For D.C. residents Ames and Carmona, who are partners, the deal also means 60 hours of community service at an organization of their choosing. Kirven, who is from Dallas and Wright, who is from Fresno, Calif., were spared local community service due to the geographic hardship. ''This is a very good outcome,'' Clark said immediately following the ruling.