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Some Ohio Judges Mandate Covid-19 Shots for Parolees

Loaded on Aug. 19, 2021

Filed under: COVID-19, Probation, Parole & Supervised Release. Location: Ohio.

A decision by at least two Ohio judges to mandate a Covid-19 vaccination as a condition of parole has touched off some controversy.

In Columbus, Franklin County Common Pleas, Judge Richard Frye added the vaccination requirement to three of about 20 case sentences handed down the week ending …

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