INQUIRER.net: US Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years

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US Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years Feb 9th 2013, 04:29 CLEVELAND — The 67-year-old Amish ringleader of hair- and beard-cutting attacks on fellow members of his faith denied he ran a cult, but was sentenced Friday to 15 years in prison, while family members convicted of carrying out his orders got sentences ranging from one to seven years. The judge said the defendants had violated the constitutional rights protecting religious practice that had also benefited them as Amish. Authorities had prosecuted the attacks as a hate crime. Before his sentencing, Samuel Mullet Sr. told the judge he had been accused of running a cult. Mullet, his ankles in chains and a white beard down to mid-chest, said that if his community is seen as a cul... Keep on reading: US Amish beard-cutting ringleader gets 15 years Media files: US-Amish.jpg (image/jpeg)

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