Former judge dragged out of Ohio courtroom after being sentenced to 6 months behind bars.
A former Ohio judge who was sentenced to six months behind bars after being convicted of a felony related to her brother landing a court job was dragged from a courtroom on Monday as she protested her sentence.
Hunter had earlier been convicted of a felony count of unlawful interest in a public contract in 2014, and given the six month sentence. The case was linked to an incident in which the Associated Press reports Hunter shared a confidential document with her brother who faced a disciplinary hearing in his government job. Her attorney maintains she did nothing illegal, yet she was convicted and her appeals denied.
Supporters wearing t-shirts bearing the ex-judge's name screamed out after the sentence was handed down. When deputies approached Hunter to remove her from the courtroom, she went limp and was dragged out of court. "She can't be remorseful for something she didn't do," Singleton said."We're not going to give up on overturning her conviction and getting her out of jail as soon as possible."
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