Actually, DOJ is only recommending a within - guideline sentence for Samuel
Mullet Sr. (and it is recommending well - below guideline sentences for all the other Amish defendants).
Samuel
Mullet Sr., leader of a breakaway Amish sect, has been accused of operating a cult out of his family compound in Ohio.
Sam
Mullet Sr. and 15 followers were found guilty last year of conspiracy to violate federal hate - crime law in connection with what authorities said were the religiously motivated attacks on several fellow Amish people.
Samuel
Mullet Sr., 67, and 15 followers were found guilty last year in connection with what authorities said were the religiously motivated attacks on several fellow Amish people.