A bishop behind bars

The Daily ^ | 11-3-12 | M.L. Nestel and Jebediah Reed

[WackySam]

Mullet faces the possibility of life in prison when he’s sentenced on Feb. 8. The 15 co-defendants, including four of his children, all face potential life sentences as well. The prosecution, citing federal sentencing guidelines, has recommended a minimum of 17½ years for everyone involved in the beard-cutting conspiracy.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Perhaps from an over-literal application of laws about mayhem? Clipping people’s beards, hair, etc. without permission is wrong and ought to make him civilly liable for a lot, but it’s not the kind of wrong that, say, cutting somebody’s finger off would be.

[WackySam]

Perhaps from an over-literal application of laws about mayhem?

Hate Crime.

[Titan Magroyne]

Hiya, Slings!

IIRC you didn’t ping the list when news of the great Amish fracas broke, so here’s a follow-up to the tale if’n yer inner-ested.

[Vaquero]

how about the equivalent of sharia law for the Amish.

had a muzzy cut a beard for whatever reason he would have been acquitted.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Hate crime of doing “what” though. Clearly hate tomato throwings should not be counted as serious as hate hair cuttings, which in turn should not be counted as serious as hate stabbings, etc. This is “hate criminalization” run amok.

[HiTech RedNeck]

And I always wonder what happened to those pesky love crimes.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Something’s seriously outta kilter with this. No wonder the “gangster” is getting a friendly, even kidding reception in jail. Bank robbers and rapists can see this is B.S.

[WackySam]

Hate crime of doing “what” though

Because their crimes were "motivated by religious disputes".

[dangus]

Ridiculous abuse of prosecutorial powers. Besides, isn’t there something funny about a guy named Mullet who gives people involuntary haircuts?

[HiTech RedNeck]

Idiotic law that lent itself to something of this kind. So, maybe he has taken his faith to such a nutty slant that he belongs in a rubber room weaving baskets lest he hurt an innocent person. By all means do that, but don’t trump up a crime to such an extent that even bank robbers can see the baloney in it.

[Nowhere Man]

Yeah, Ohio does have a hate crime law. There was a case where a grown man was tossed into jail for 30 days for imitating and mocking a young girl with cerebral palsy’s walk. I admit the guy is a jerk and needs a dang good talking to, but throw him in jail, that’s beyond the pale.

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like a barnyard blitz!

[Slings and Arrows]

Sounds like a barnyard blitz!

[Buckeye McFrog]

And I suppose Rev. Beard was the one who ran around cutting mullets?

[Iron Munro]

Almost every aspect of government and justice in America has been perverted by left wingers.

This 66 year old Amish guy is already sitting in prison for “beard-cutting attacks” in 2011 (GASP and OMG! The horror of it!).

The prosecution recommends a minimum of 17½ years for him and his 15 co-defendants, and there is even talk about possible life sentences.

But muslim terrorist, Army Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed 13 people and wounded 29 others more than 3 years ago at Ft. Hood has yet to come to trial. And there is great debate about his right to keep a beard in violation of Army regulations.

[HiTech RedNeck]

What’s more asinine, the man who mocked the disabled child or the law that declared it a serious enough crime for that.

[HiTech RedNeck]

So give the Amish guy a pair of scissors and put him in the same jail as Hasan. Problem solved.

[metmom]

Mullet faces the possibility of life in prison when he’s sentenced on Feb. 8. The 15 co-defendants, including four of his children, all face potential life sentences as well. The prosecution, citing federal sentencing guidelines, has recommended a minimum of 17½ years for everyone involved in the beard-cutting conspiracy.

They're wasting time and money on THIS when there's illegals roaming this country at will?

Beam me up, Scotty. There's no intelligent life down here.

[Pollster1]

This is “hate criminalization” run amok.

Did you just use the word "amok", without checking whether it had racial connotations? That sounds like Hate Speech, which is one step worse than Hate Murder on the PC scale - approaching Hate Disrespect to Barack Obama.