Sr. Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed Sentenced/Prophetic Witnesses for Peace

KNOXVILLE (WATE) - An 84-year-old nun and two other activists who broke into the Y-12 nuclear weapons complex in 2012 were sentenced Tuesday afternoon.

Sister Megan Rice was sentenced to 35 months in prison minus time served. Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed were each sentenced to 62 months and three years supervised release.

Their attorneys had argued they should be sentenced to time served, or about nine months, because of their record of goodwill.

The hearing began on January 28 but had to be postponed due to winter weather.

The three cut through fences in July 2012, reaching a storage bunker that contains the nation's primary supply of uranium.

While officials claimed there was never any danger, questions about security were raised.

Bridget Mary Meehan

It is sad that the Judge did not sentence these peace activists to time served and leave it at that.

All of us should be grateful for the prophetic witness to peace! Their actions remind us that we should be getting rid of nuclear weapons as we have enough to destroy the world how many times!?

Bridget Mary Meehan, www.arcwp.org