A federal jury in Cleveland, Ohio, on Thursday convicted 16 Ohio residents of hate crimes that included a series of religiously-motivated assaults on practitioners of the Amish religion, according to Justice Department officials.According to trial... full story ![]()

CLEVELAND (AP) - Prosecutors hope the ringleader of beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish will receive a life prison term Friday when he's sentenced in a case that shed unwelcome light on discipline and dissent in a community that tries to stay apart from modern culture. The ringleader, Samuel Mullet Sr., and 15 members of his extended family face sentencing in...
thereporteronline.com (3 months and 16 days ago)
CLEVELAND (AP) - Denying he ran an Amish cult, the 67-year-old ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith in Ohio was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family members convicted of carrying out his orders got one to seven years. The judge said the defendants had violated the constitutional rights protecting religious practice that...
thereporteronline.com (3 months and 15 days ago)
Ten of 16 Amish found guilty of hair- and beard-cutting hate crime attacks on members of their faith in Ohio had filed appeals of their convictions by Tuesday.
journalgazette.net (3 months and 4 days ago)

Amish bishop Samuel Mullet and seven of his hate crime co-defendants have been assigned to prisons scattered across the country — some as far as 1,000 miles away.
cleveland.com (2 months and 22 days ago)
More members of an Ohio Amish community, convicted of hate crimes in hair and beard cutting attacks are entering federal prison.
palmbeachpost.com (1 month and 11 days ago)
The ringleader of 16 Amish found guilty in beard- and hair-cutting hate-crime attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio is appealing his conviction.
journal-news.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
The ringleader of 16 Amish found guilty in beard- and hair-cutting hate-crime attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio is appealing his conviction.
middletownjournal.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
A controversial Amish leader who shares a last name with a notoriously unfashionable hairdo was sentenced to prison time after ordering hair cutting “attacks” that a judge ruled were hate crimes because of their religious nature.
yahoo.com (3 months and 15 days ago)
Amish convicted in hair- and beard-cutting hate crime attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio are lining up to appeal their convictions.
foxnews.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
Amish convicted in hair- and beard-cutting hate crime attacks on fellow members of their faith in Ohio are lining up to appeal their convictions.
miamiherald.com (3 months and 4 days ago)
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