These Hideous People Will Not Stop Torturing Karen Hylton
On Wednesday, November 2 Judge Paul Friedman (article, Washington City Paper) ruled that Hylton is no longer allowed in the courtroom. Instead, she will be allowed to watch from a monitor in a different courtroom.
Hylton sat through the first two weeks of the trial as witnesses described vivid details of the fatal crash and attorneys have played body camera footage as evidence. At times, when the images have become overwhelming, Hylton has excused herself from the courtroom. Each time, Sutton’s attorney, Michael Hannon, has complained to the judge that her “outbursts” could unfairly influence the jury. Hannon has also claimed that Hylton has been “making eye contact” with people on the defense team (there was some dispute whether she was actually looking at a TV monitor positioned behind the defense team’s table). He also reported that Hylton was seen hugging the paramedic who treated her son and who testified this week.
Although the judge subsequently reversed his initial order, this is yet another extension of the unrelenting harassment by gov’t agents against Karen Hylton by the men who killed her son.
