In the mid-1900s, dozens of Amish fathers went to prison rather than agree to send their kids to public schools with non-Amish children.
When it was her turn, Yoder shot some novocaine into her upper gum.
In 1996, Sally remarried a man named William Kempf, whom she'd met on a bus ride.
The district attorney in Lawrence County said he had not decided whether to prosecute Mary's cousins, Chris and David Wengerd.
The bishop in Anna's district, Moses Shettler, called Barbara Burke and asked her to testify that Anna had mental problems.
As if sin were contagious, the community erects a metaphorical fence around the sinner.