we will be joined by two of the protesters, michael walli and 85-year-old sister megan rice. >> this is so outrageous and such a cause of death -- imminent death, terrible suffering, you know, all of the attention that is put into these objects which can never be used without helping to extinguish the planet. amy: if malcolm x had lived, he would have been 90 years old today. >> the history of unpunished violence against our people clearly indicates we must be prepared to defend ourselves or we will continue to be a defenseless people at the mercy of a ruthless and violent racist -- amy: all that and more, coming up. welcome to democracy now! democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. the self-proclaimed islamic state has reportedly solidified its hold on the key iraqi city of ramadi after capturing it from iraqi forces on sunday. there were reports of militants throwing bodies into the euphrates river. meanwhile, thousands of iranian-aligned shiite milita fighters are reportedly gathering east of ramadi in a bid to help retake the city, as the united states has lau

two of the activists, michael walli and greg boertje-obed, received five-year sentences while 84-year-old nun megan rice received nearly three years. after two years behind bars, a federal appeals court recently vacated their convictions, saying the prosecution failed to prove the three intended to "injure the national defense." all three were released this weekend until their resentencing on a remaining charge of damaging government property. defense lawyers say they have likely already served more time than they are set to receive. and those are some of the headlines. this is democracy now, democracynow.org, the war and peace report. i'm amy goodman. we begin today's show in boston where on friday a federal jury sentenced 21-year-old dzhokhar tsarnaev to death by lethal injection for setting off bombs at the 2013 boston marathon that killed three and injured more than 260. the sentence was issued in massachusetts, a state which has banned the death penalty since 1987 and not carried out an execution since 1947. polls show 85% of bostonians oppose the death penalty for dzhokhar tsarnaev