NASHVILLE – A lawyer says two Catholic peace activists who vandalized a uranium storage bunker have been released from prison.
Attorney Marc Shapiro says 66-year-old Michael Walli and 59-year-old Greg Boertje-Obed were let out of prison on Saturday. The men, along with 85-year-old nun Megan Rice, were ordered released by a federal appeal court on Friday.
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The order came after the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati last week overturned their 2013 sabotage convictions and ordered resentencing on their remaining conviction for injuring government property at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.
The activists have spent two years in prison. The court said they likely already have served more time than they will receive for the lesser charge.
Shapiro says he expects Rice to be released later Saturday.
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