CLEVELAND (AP) — The defense for a breakaway Amish leader
charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio says the
government is trying to demonize him to keep him locked up pending
trial.
The attorney for 66-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. told a
Cleveland federal judge on Monday that the government is trying to
invoke the memory of a deadly 1993 Waco, Texas, standoff in opposing
Mullet’s release.
Federal prosecutors say Mullet is a risk to flee
and poses a danger to the community. There was no immediate response to
the latest defense appeal.
Mullet and 11 followers are charged in
five beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish last year in a feud
over church discipline.
All 12 have pleaded not guilty. Seven are jailed without bond.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.
CLEVELAND (AP) — The defense for a breakaway Amish leader
charged in beard-cutting attacks on fellow Amish in Ohio says the
government is trying to demonize him to keep him locked up pending
trial.
The attorney for 66-year-old Samuel Mullet Sr. told a
Cleveland federal judge on Monday that the government is trying to
invoke the memory of a deadly 1993 Waco, Texas, standoff in opposing
Mullet’s release.
Federal prosecutors say Mullet is a risk to flee
and poses a danger to the community. There was no immediate response to
the latest defense appeal.
Mullet and 11 followers are charged in
five beard- and hair-cutting attacks on other Amish last year in a feud
over church discipline.
All 12 have pleaded not guilty. Seven are jailed without bond.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.