Judge To Protect Free Exercise Rights As Part of Sentence

In Auburn, New York, Cayuga County Surrogate Judge Mark Fandrich agreed to take action to make certain that the religious rights a defendant he has sentenced for selling cocaine will be respected. The Auburn Citizen today reported that Judge Fandrich will order that Jimmie Clark, a Rastafarian, be allowed to keep his dreadlocks in state prison if state law in fact guarantees him that right as a matter of freedom of religion.