Sentence delayed for Sister Megan Rice and friends

Sentencing delayed for Duluth nuclear protester, Duluth News Tribune A judge has delayed a sentencing hearing for a Duluth man and two other protesters for breaking into a nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee. By: Associated Press staff,, 16 Sept 13 A judge has delayed a sentencing hearing for a Duluth man and two other protesters for breaking into a nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee.

U.S. District Judge Amul Thapar granted a motion last week from defense attorneys asking to postpone the date.

The sentencing, which had been scheduled for this month, was reset for Jan. 28 in Knoxville.

Defense attorneys said they needed more time to prepare for the proceeding.

The defendants — Greg Boertje-Obed of Duluth, Sister Megan Rice and Michael Walli — were convicted in May of sabotaging the plant and damaging federal property last year at the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge.

Numerous letters have been sent to the federal judge asking for leniency and objecting to the government’s labeling of pacifists as terrorists.

“The court continues to receive a large volume of letters,” Thapar wrote in the order postponing the hearing.

The defendants remain in federal custody.http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/article/id/278086/