Published 11 months ago

New lawyer takes on case of Conway School Board protester, says punishment didn't fit the crime

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University of Central Arkansas student James Alexander Barnett, 20, of Bentonville goes on trial Oct. 25. Conway attorney David Hogue will be representing Barnett. Barnett was among about 30 nonviolent protesters who carried signs and chanted outside a school board meeting in November. The protest came in response to October board actions targeting transgender students and adults.

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New lawyer takes on case of Conway School Board protester, says punishment didn't fit the crime

One of two protesters fined and sentenced to jail for a nonviolent protest outside a Conway School Board meeting will have a new attorney when he goes to trial this fall in Faulkner County Circuit Court in Conway. University of Central Arkansas student James Alexander “Alex” Barnett, 20, of Bentonville goes on trial Oct. 25. Conway attorney David Hogue will be representing Barnett. Hogue said he and the prosecutor, though, also have started work…

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