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.
Below are periodic updates from the courthouse as the sentencing unfolds. No cameras are allowed in federal court.
12:01 p.m.: Linda Schrock: "I don't have a lot to say. I am sorry I did what I did and my mother-in-law, she can live, I will do her no harm no more."
Freeman Burkholder (his wife Nancy is expecting their ninth child): "I don't have much to say...I didn't realize this was going to be like this, sorry for any grief that we have caused. I won't do it again."
11:41 a.m.: Emanuel Schrock: "I guess I don't know what to say....I am the only son-in-law of Samuel Mullet and I think it's unfair that he has to be punished for what I did so I would like to take his sentence...and my wife's sentence, I would like you to give me her sentence too....."........(He is married to Linda Schrock, Samuel Mullet's daughter)...
Lester Miller speaks: "First of all, I'd like to apologize to my parents...I didn't want to hurt you, I just wanted to help you.....I have 11 children at home, my youngest daughter is not yet 2...have mercy on my wife, put her sentence on me...as for Sam Mullet, I would consider it an honor of I could serve some of his sentence...that's all I have to say"
Raymond Miller speaks: I guess I also didn't realize the seriousness and I'd like to apologize and also to my parents...my wife is also indicted...I would gladly carry her sentence..she would not have been there if it had not been for me..."
11:27 a.m.: Eli Miller speaks...."I don't know what I can say...I'm scared...never dreamed it would end up like this...it will never happen again...talked to my lawyer, talked to other inmates, they told me you were a good sentencing judge, my wife's sittin' over there...if you could give me her sentence, so she can go home with the children I would appreciate it...I'm sorry for what I did..."
11:21 a.m.: Lester Mullet, 38, is married and they have four young sons....Lester was arrested Nov. 23, 2011....he is Samuel Mullet Sr.'s youngest son...
Lester speaks: "(crying) I don't know what to tell you...it will never happen again...if you want to give them time, put it on me....my dreams are all undone...."
Levi Miller, 55, has been incarcerated for 14 months (his attorney is Neal Atway) Atway says Levi just wants to be with his children and grandchildren....
Levi Miller speaks: "(crying) I've known him (Sam Mullet) for 25 years....Sam Mullet comes up with the decisions but he doesn't make it by himself...I'm sorry....."
Levi Miller: "...I don't know what to say as opposed to...Sam Mullet, first time I ever met him, he read off that's he's a man that lives...we had talked back and forth. " The Bergholz Cult" That's a lie. He comes up with the decisions, but he doesn't make it all by himself. All the church members, we I have no intention to ever cut hair again, I'm sorry."
11:06 a.m.: Daniel Mullet "I want to take the blame for what I did I guess. ...for cutting hair, I guess..."
11:02 a.m.: Court back in session. Attorney for Daniel Mullet speaking.
10:45 a.m.: Court takes 15 minute recess
10:40 a.m.: Johnny Mullet speaking in court: "I'll take my sentencing, but if he was [sam mullet] ....I couldn't take that. He's not the man that the government's putting out...(Pause) "I would like to say, give me a life sentence, send him [sam mullet] home, I'll take the blame."
10:33 a.m: Samuell Mullet Sr. is now speaking on his own behalf..."I am being blamed for being a cult leader....I am not going to be here much longer...my goal in life is to help the younger people...if somebody needs to be punished, I'll take the punishment for everybody....let these mothers and fathers go home to their children"
"I'm not taking the farm with me. I'm not going to be here much longer. My goal in life has been to help people that are the underdog, to help people who are frowned on, mocked.....,
Let these dads and moms go home to their families, raise their children, I'll take the punishment for everybody. There's a lot more things I could say, but everything I say is twisted and turned."
10:30 a.m.: Bryan has now spoken for 40 minutes and has concluded...he wants a sentence "sufficient but not greater than necessary..." and that does not mean a life sentence....
10:04 a.m.: Judge Daniel Polster admonishes attorney Edward Bryan for going "far afield" of what he is supposed to address. Polster said Bryan should focus on "whether or not your client (Samuel Mullet Sr) is a danger to the community if he is out on the streets".....
Samuel Mullet Sr is the only one facing a Tier 1 life sentence...
9:50 a.m.: Judge Daniel Polster is allowing each defense counsel to make a statement from their client and each defendant can also speak if they wish; then the prosecutors can make a statement...they have started with attorney Edward Bryan, attorney for Samuel Mullet Sr
9:47 a.m.: Judge is allowing limited objections by the defense attorneys to the levels of sentencing....Polster allowing SHORT objections...prosecutors allowed short rebuttal
9:09 a.m.: Court gets underway in Cleveland
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.
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