Correction: Amish Attacks-Appeal story

CLEVELAND (AP) — In a story Jan. 13 about an appeal filed by the leader of an Amish group, The Associated Press reported erroneously on what Samuel Mullet Sr. is seeking in his appeal. He wants his sentence overturned, not his conviction.

A corrected version of the story is below:

Amish leader convicted in beard-cutting attacks files appeal

The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks is asking a federal judge to overturn his sentence

CLEVELAND (AP) — The leader of a breakaway Amish group in Ohio convicted in hair- and beard-cutting attacks is asking a federal judge to overturn his sentence.

Samuel Mullet Sr. argued in an appeal filed Jan. 12 that his former attorney made a series of mistakes during the trial and in his previous appeals.

His former attorney said in court documents that he did make errors handling the case.

The U.S. Supreme Court decided last year not to review Mullet’s appeal challenging the constitutionality of the federal hate crimes.

Prosecutors say Mullet directed the hair-cutting attacks. Hair and beards have spiritual significance in the Amish faith.

Mullet is serving an 11-year sentence. The fifteen other members of the eastern Ohio Amish community convicted in the case have since been released.

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