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What they did was wrong, I won't argue that. But when sentencing, the judge has to look at their intent when they commited the crime. These nuns didn't intend to destroy the silos or cause their malfunction. They were making a statement, and while they didn't need to cause damage to make it, they shouldn't be punished as though they intended to make any serious damage. The judge was right, in my opinion, because the laws were designed to punish people who intended to do serious harm or disable property, not protesters making a political statement. The differance is somewhat like manslaughter and murder. While they may have the same outcome, the criminals had differant intents and it should be treated as such.
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