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Murder Victim’s Sons Attack Their Mother’s Killer in Court
In the criminal justice system, the people are represented by three separate yet equally important groups: the police, who investigate crime; the district attorneys, who prosecute the offenders and the victims’ family, who often wish they could offer a can of whoop-ass to the defendant. This is their story. Two Ohio men furnished the plot…
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Ohio Attorney Faces Jail for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Pin
An Ohio attorney was sentenced to five days in jail after refusing to remove a Black Lives Matter pin she was wearing. According to the Washington Post, an Ohio judge had told attorney Andrea Burton that there had been complaints about her pin and that court officials were not allowed to wear political pins in…
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Ohio Attorney Faces Jail Time for Refusing to Remove Black Lives Matter Button
Youngstown, Ohio, attorney Andrea Burton was removed from court and taken into custody after a judge declared her in contempt for refusing to take off a Black Lives Matter pin. WKBN reports that Youngstown Municipal Court Judge Robert Milich said that Burton was in contempt of court for refusing to remove the button in his…