The judge who ordered the man to be vaccinated takes him back

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–A Cincinnati judge overturned his order that a man was getting vaccinated as part of his probation requirements. That wasn’t the only condition Chris Wagner put on Brandon Rutherford, 21, who was sentenced to two years probation for possession of fentanyl. And Rutherford didn’t immediately object either. But he didn’t, and now, a month later, he’s off the hook. Wagner overturned the order in a hearing Tuesday, according to the AP. Wagner told Rutherford that it was not his role as a judge to “teach you to be a better person,” the Cincinnati Applicant reports. In a motion asking the judge to set aside the order, Carl Lewis, Rutherford’s attorney, argued that it “serves no rehabilitative purpose” and “has nothing to do with the crime for which he was called. been sentenced, “Fox 19 reports.

During the hearing, Wagner alluded to why vaccination was initially part of his order. He said he was one of many judges who contracted COVID and was concerned for the safety of all officials – judges, lawyers, probation officers – whom Rutherford would contact over the next two years. He went on to tell Rutherford that the vaccine is not experimental but widely used, and pointed to a local health department program that gives out $ 100 gift cards with injections, the Applicant reports. (Read more COVID-19 stories.)