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Athens County Man Cleared Of Charges For Placing First Amendment Stickers At Courthouse Directory

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An Athens County man arrested for placing First Amendment stickers over a church directory on the county courthouse has been cleared of a criminal mischief charge. 69-year-old Eliot Kalman was charged in October for attaching stickers over the list of local places of worship. He says the directory violates the constitutional separation of church and state. A judge agreed to acquit Kalman based on insufficient evidence.  
 

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.