Posts Tagged ‘Sam Mullet’
Book Review: “Breakaway Amish” by Johnny Mast with Shawn Smucker
It’s hard to believe people can become so dependent on a man that they’ll want him back even after he does terrible things. ~ Johnny Mast Do you remember hearing about the “renegade Amish” from Bergholz, Ohio, who forcibly cut the hair and beards of Amish people in other communities, and how the leader of…
Read MoreSeparate from the World but not the Law
I wrote a piece about the Sam Mullet case that was printed in the Cleveland Plain Dealer today. I hope you'll click over there to read it and leave a comment. I will respond to the comments there as well as here. Here is an excerpt: It comes as no surprise that Sam Mullet has…
Read MoreIs Sam Mullet Outside both the Law and Age-Old Amish Traditions?
Sam Mullet, leader of the Amish in Bergholz, Ohio, is hoping to gain his freedom tomorrow, Monday, March 2, when a federal judge will re-sentence 16 defendants following an appeals court's decision to overturn their hate-crime convictions last August in the case that involved attacks on other Amish. The victims asked for help because their…
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