4th Circ. Says Abortion Protester Doesn't Deserve Jury Trial

By Elizabeth Daley ( May 4, 2026, 4:13 PM EDT) -- An abortion protester who blocked the doors to a Columbia, South Carolina, clinic did not have the right to a jury trial because the crime, for which he was sentenced to six months in jail and fined $1,000, was not serious enough to warrant it, a Fourth Circuit panel said....

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