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Samuel Mullet & 15 Others Found Guilty of Hate Crimes in Amish Beard-Cutting Attacks
Amish Bishop and the leader of an Amish breakaway group, Samuel Mullet, was convicted Thursday of hate crimes and orchestrating hair and beard-cutting attacks on fellow sect members who opposed his religious differences. The 66-year old Mullet was found guilty of arranging the cuttings last fall in an attempt to shame those in his community […]
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Browns Tailgating: Dos and Don’ts
New versions of warning signs in the Cleveland Browns Muni lot have begun to emerge and with them come many questions about what is legal and not when it comes to Browns Tailgating. According to Fox 8, “The old Muni Lot signs simply said ‘no open containers.’ The new, more direct, signs are a reminder […]
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The Odds are against Casino Cheaters in Downtown Cleveland
Cleveland’s newest hotspot is undoubtedly the Horseshoe Casino. Only two months old and already taking the city by storm, the casino has its first cheating scandals. Seven people from the north eastern Ohioarea have been convicted of cheating on casino table games. Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Bill Mason, whose office is handling Ohio’s first casino cheating […]
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Life Behind Bars? Juvenile Justice Believes Young Offenders Need a Chance for Parole.
In 2005 the Supreme Court banned the death penalty for anyone under the age of 18. But what about those tried as adults before 2005? Should they be grandfathered into the old law since the American Revolution or should there be some type of revision to the justice system? About 2,500 prisoners are serving life […]
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Ohio’s Overcrowded Prisons Spur New Sentencing Laws – Part 2
Continued from Part 1… Possession of marijuana and hashish: Previously, the maximum F-2 sentence (eight years) would be applied to a person trafficking or in possession of 20 kilos of marijuana, 1 kilo of solid hashish, or 200 grams of liquid hashish. Under the new bill, the possession amounts are higher and the mandatory prison […]
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