When followers of Amish bishop Samuel Mullet Sr. used horse shears to cut the beards and hair of other Amish people, were they perpetrating a hate crime? Federal prosecutors say the shearings qualify under an expanded hate crime definition. Mullet and 15 followers are on trial in a Cleveland courtroom in a case that's attracted international attention. Join host Mike McIntyre for a conversation about Amish religious practices and the definition of a hate crime.
David C. Barnett, Reporter, ideastream
Charles Hurst, Professor Emeritus, College of Wooster
Werner Lange, Sociology Professor, University of Akron
Geoffrey Mearns, President, Northern Kentucky University