Judge Richard Frye of Franklin County said last week that he’s included the jab as a condition of release in three cases, after the defendants attributed their unvaccinated status to procrastination – as opposed to any philosophical, medical or religious objections.<\/p>\n “It occurred to me that at least some of these folks need to be encouraged not to procrastinate,” Frye told the\u00a0Columbus Dispatch<\/em><\/a>, adding “I think it\u2019s a reasonable condition when we\u2019re telling people to get employed and be out in the community<\/strong>.”<\/p>\n He declined to \u201cspeculate\u201d what would happen if a defendant raised a medical, religious or philosophical exemption to vaccination, but said this is a different situation entirely than people who have simply put the matter off.<\/em><\/p>\n An example: a man named Cameron Stringer entered a guilty plea for one charge of improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle, for which he was sentenced to two years of probation (\u201ccommunity control,\u201d as it\u2019s known in Ohio).<\/em><\/p>\n Stringer must submit to random drug screening; avoid further legal trouble; return a firearm in question to its rightful owner; and obtain a COVID-19 vaccine within 30 days and provide proof to the Probation Department<\/strong>,\u00a0court documents\u00a0show.<\/a>\u00a0-Columbus Dispatch<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It’s unknown whether other judges have been imposing similar vaccination requirements, however a spokesman for the state Supreme Court referred\u00a0the\u00a0Dispatch<\/em>\u00a0to a news report about a judge offering to shorten probation for those who obtain vaccines.<\/p>\n ACLU lobbyist Gary Daniels said the requirement ‘At a minimum, appears to be problematic.’<\/p>\n “It doesn\u2019t have any real relationship to community control,” he said in a brief interview.<\/p>\n Judge Frye’s requirement comes as the rate of vaccinations has stalled out – with states and businesses offering cash incentives and entry into massive jackpots for those who get vaccinated.<\/p>\n According to the report,\u00a0fewer than 48% of Ohioans<\/a>\u00a0have gotten at least one jab.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/ghows_gallery_ei-OH-200719966-d3ceeec51.jpg?itok=71TnpTd0\")
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