Photos: Amish community disrupted by hate crime convictions
April 10, 2013
Amish boys watch a game of baseball outside the school house in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Many Amish families gathered following the final day of school for a celebration and farewell picnic. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish men fill-up the school house to listen to their children sing during the final day of class on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Bergholz, Ohio. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish women and children listen to children sing in a school house during the final day of class on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Bergholz, Ohio. The end-of-school celebration Tuesday served as the last big community gathering before four women and one man from this tight-knit group in rural eastern Ohio enter prison on Friday, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
In this Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 photo, Sam Mullet stands in front of his Bergholz, Ohio, home. Attorneys for a group of Amish men and women found guilty of hate crimes for cutting the hair and beards of fellow members of their faith in eastern Ohio are arguing that the group's conviction, sentencing and imprisonment in separate facilities across the country violates their constitutional rights and amounts to cruel and unusual punishment, according to recent court filings. The Amish group's leader, Mullet, was sentenced to 15 years in prison, while the rest of the group got sentences ranging from one to seven years. (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta, File) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish boys walk to the school house for their final day of class in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish girls gather outside the school house prior to the start of their final day of class in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Freeman Burkholder carries his son to the school house for the end of the school year celebration in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Burkholder is one of the Amish members convicted in a beard and hair cutting scandal against other Amish people. (AP/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Emma Miller pushes her son in a stroller outside the schoolhouse in Bergholz, Ohio, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Miller, along with three other women and a man from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio, will enter prison on Friday, April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Emma Miller answers questions during an interview in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Miller was convicted and sentenced to prions for her role in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other Amish members. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Emma Miller holds her son during a farewell picnic outside the schoolhouse in Bergholz, Ohio, Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Miller, along with three other women and a man from this tight-knit community in rural eastern Ohio, will enter prison on Friday, April 12, joining nine already behind bars on hate crimes convictions for hair- and beard-cutting attacks against fellow Amish. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( CORRECTION Amish Attacks )
Wilma Mullet and her family walk to the school house for the final day of class on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Bergholz, Ohio. Mullet and other Amish families gathered for a farewell celebration before members of the sect depart for prison following convictions in a beard cutting scandal. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Freeman Burkholder waits for his at bat during a game of baseball at the farewell picnic in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The picnic was for Burkholder and other Amish people leaving for prison this week for their part in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other Amish members. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
An Amish girl attempts to mount a miniature horse near the family farm in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Anna Miller holds her daughter during a farewell picnic outside the school house in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. The farewell celebration was held for Miller and other Amish members leaving for prison throughout the week for their roles in a hair and beard cutting scandal. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Freeman Burkholder crosses home plate during a game of baseball at the farewell picnic in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Burkholder was sentenced to prison for his part in the hair and beard cutting scandal against other members of the Amish community. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish girls play softball after class during an end of the school year celebration on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 in Bergholz, Ohio. The celebration was also part of a farewell picnic for those sentenced in the hair and beard cutting scandal earlier in the year. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
Amish girls eat snacks during an end of the school year celebration in Bergholz, Ohio on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Scott R. Galvin) ( Amish Attacks )
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