CLEVELAND -- The 16 Amish defendants -- 10 men and six women -- found guilty on Sept. 20 are being sentenced in federal court in Cleveland. WKYC will bring you the sentences as they are handed down.
The leader of the Amish sect -- Samuel Mullet Sr. -- faces possible life in prison.
We will update this story as the sentences are handed down for:
Samuel Mullet Sr.:
Johnny Mullet:
Daniel Mullet:
Lester Mullet:
Levi Miller:
Eli Miller:
Emanuel Schrock:
Lester Miller:
Raymond Miller:
Freeman Burkholder:
Anna Miller:
Linda Schrock:
Lovina Miller:
Emma Miller:
Elizabeth Miller:
Kathryn Miller:
On Sept. 20, 2012, a jury in Cleveland convicted all 16 Amish defendants, including Samuel Mullet Sr, the leader of a breakaway group in Bergholz, Ohio, in a federal hate crimes trial for the beard- and hair-cutting attacks on fellow Amish.
After a three-week trial, the jury reached its decision after deliberating just over 32 hours over five days. The 16 members of the so-called "Bergholz clan" were all convicted of conspiracy for participating in some manner in the attacks, which was compared to animals being shorn.
Hair and beards have enormous religious symbolism for the Amish.
U.S. Attorney Steven Dettelbach called the verdicts a "triumph for one of the most basic and sacred freedoms in this country: freedom of religion."
Here are the original charges and verdicts:
- All 16 defendants were accused of Count 1 -- conspiracy -- for allegedly participating in one way or the other in the cutting of fellow Amish women's hair and Amish men's hair and beards. All were found GUILTY.
- Five men and five women, including Mullet Sr., were charged with Count 2, attacking Martin and Barbara Miller on Sept. 6, 2011. All were found GUILTY.
- Mullet and four other men were charged in Count 3, the Sept. 24, 2011 attack on David Wengard. All were found NOT GUILTY
- Mullet and five other men were charged with Count 4, attacking Raymond Hershberger and his son, Andy Hershberger, on Oct. 4, 2011. All were found GUILTY
- Five of the men were charged with Count 5, attacking Myron Miller on Oct. 4 as well. Four were found GUILTY but the jury acquitted Lester Miller on this count.
- Count 6 charges related to the Nov. 9 attack on Melvin and Anna Schrock while the couple was visiting their children and grandchildren in Bergholz. They were found GUILTY
- In Count 7, Samuel Mullet Sr. alone was accused of destroying evidence -- a bag of hair brought to him from one of the attacks. He was found NOT GUILTY.
- Count 8 had Mullet Sr., and three other men tampering with evidence, specifically, hiding the disposable camera that Eli Miller used to document the attacks. Sam Mullet, Eli Miller and Lester Mullet were found GUILTY. Levi Miller was found NOT GUILTY.
- Defendant Lester Miller was the only one charged with Count 9, trying to hide the mane-cutting shears used in the attacks. He was found NOT GUILTY
- Mullet Sr. was the only one of the defendants charged with Count 10, lying to the FBI when they interviewed him on Nov. 22 about the attacks. He was found GUILTY.
WKYC-TV
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