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(CNN)Suffolk County prosecutors moved to dismiss charges against some of the nearly three dozen people arrested during the “Straight Pride Parade” in Boston, saying the allegations were not worth prosecuting.
But Boston Municipal Court Judge Richard Sinnott refused. He arraigned many of the defendants anyway.
Susan Church, a defense attorney representing protesters, objected to that decision and interrupted Sinnott to argue he did not have the authority to do that. Sinnott then ordered her handcuffed and placed her in custody for contempt of court.
That stunning courtroom face-off and arrest this week have sparked a heated debate about the legal separation of powers, free speech,and a prosecutor’s ability to carry out reform-minded agendas.
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