Amish on Trial
Posted Thursday, August 30, 2012
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When followers of Amish bishop Samuel Mullet Sr. used horse shears to cut the beards and hair of other Amish people, were they perpetrating a hate crime? Federal prosecutors say the shearings qualify under an expanded hate crime definition. Mullet and 15 followers are on trial in a Cleveland courtroom in a case that's attracted international attention. Join host Mike McIntyre for a conversation about Amish religious practices and the definition of a hate crime. Thursday morning at 9.
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Community/Human Interest, Courts/Crime - Fire/Law Enforcement, Government/Politics
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David C. Barnett, Reporter, ideastream
Charles Hurst, Professor Emeritus, College of Wooster
Werner Lange, Sociology Professor, University of Akron
Geoffrey Mearns, President, Northern Kentucky University
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Beard Cutting Case Tests Limits of Hate Crime Law, NPR
Amish beard cutting trial attracts international attention, The Plain Dealer
Our Amish Neighbors, The Sound of Ideas
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