The protestor’s name is Therese “Patricia” Okoumou, and she was convicted yesterday on three charges. Worth noting that she wanted a jury trial, as is her right, but was denied on grounds that it was a “minor offense” despite facing up to a possible year and a half in prison.
Impeccable timing by Webster’s Dictionaries (a West Hartford native, my home town) to announce their word of the year on the day a woman was denied her Sixth Amendment rights for exercising her First Amendment rights.
The protestor’s name is Therese “Patricia” Okoumou, and she was convicted yesterday on three charges. Worth noting that she wanted a jury trial, as is her right, but was denied on grounds that it was a “minor offense” despite facing up to a possible year and a half in prison.
Impeccable timing by Webster’s Dictionaries (a West Hartford native, my home town) to announce their word of the year on the day a woman was denied her Sixth Amendment rights for exercising her First Amendment rights.