Amid coronavirus pandemic, judge jails defendant with contagious pneumonia for being late to civil case [Reports]
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A Michigan judge is facing backlash for reportedly sending two non-violent defendants to jail for being late to court amid the coronavirus pandemic. On Friday, Oakland County Circuit Judge Leo Bowman sentenced Howard Baum, 61, to five days in jail for coming six hours late to a civil court case. Lawyers alleged that Baum, a …