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- <text id=92TT1107>
- <title>
- May 18, 1992: Hairy Justice
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- <history>
- TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1992
- May 18, 1992 Roger Keith Coleman:Due to Die
- </history>
- <article>
- <source>Time Magazine</source>
- <hdr>
- THE WEEK, Page 26
- MISCELLANY
- Hairy Justice
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- <p> A 21-year-old man in Bedford, Penn., no doubt fretted when he
- was arrested last summer for disorderly conduct and public
- drunkenness. Little did he know that the presiding judge on his
- case could literally wash that charge right out of his hair.
- District Judge Charles Guyer offered the defendant leniency if
- he let the judge shampoo his hair. Further, suggested His Honor,
- the young man could get even more leniency if he brought in
- friends for a wash and rinse as well. The accused did bring two
- friends; they were state troopers who arrested Guyer as soon as
- they were dry. Last week the magistrate apologized and pleaded
- guilty to official oppression, or misusing his office. He then
- resigned, forfeiting his pension benefits and ending his brief
- coiffeurtorial career.
- </p>
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- </body></article>
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