OH: justice held hostage update from Portage County

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer:

Portage County Judge Plough criticized for arrest of public defender

A controversial Portage County judge has drawn the ire of national and state lawyers associations because he ordered the arrest of a county public defender. Judge John Plough ordered sheriff's deputies Wednesday to take Assistant Public Defender Brian Jones into custody because he was not prepared to go to trial. He was held five hours be fore he was released on bond...

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