Get Saved or Get Busted
A church in Kentucky is starting a "Court Watch" program. Church members attend court and note the disposition of each case with an emphasis on drug cases.
The Community Church of Manchester is not in court to help these defendants with spiritual advise, rehabilitation, counseling, or ministry. The Rev. Doug Abner, pastor at Community Church -- whose slogan for a 2004 anti-drug march was "get saved or get busted" -- said the presence of Court Watch volunteers puts "mild pressure" on judges "to do the right thing.
The letter of the law...
Defined as criminal under title 18 (Crimes and Criminal Procedures) of the United States Code;
Title 18 U.S. Criminal Code -- Chapter 13
Section 241.
CONSPIRACY AGAINST RIGHTS OF CITIZENS
If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten or intimidate any citizen in the free exercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or because of his having exercised the same; or