Banda appears to be over egging it somewhat ! We’d suggest he’d look a lot better with the mask on thanks …Has he even read the Scarlet Letter?
An Augusta lawyer will wear a mask during a jury trial this week after the Maine Supreme Judicial Court refused to delay it and consider whether having the criminal defense attorney wear a mask would prejudice jurors.
Darrick X. Banda claims that forcing him to wear a mask during his client’s jury trial because he has not been vaccinated for COVID-19 is the equivalent of making him wear “a scarlet letter” or “a dunce cap” in court. The trial is set to begin Monday at the Capital Judicial Center.
The court system requires that people who have not been vaccinated wear masks inside all of Maine’s courthouses. The rule was issued on July 1 and went into effect on July 5.
Read more at the Bangor Daily News
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