Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Outspoken Advocate Gets Prison Time
Outspoken Advocate Gets Prison Time
by Greg Johnston
Published May 04, 2007
A self-proclaimed anti-violence advocate faces a maximum of 25 years in state prison for beating, pepper spraying and throwing another woman through a window.
A Monroe County [New York] jury returned a guilty verdict in the case against Joyce Powell.
Powell turned herself into police last October. Police said she and several other people forcibly entered the home and assaulted a woman on Copeland Street.
Powell, who took the stand in her defense, claimed that she was at a bible study group at the time of the attack.
Powell became an outspoken critic of city violence after the shooting death ofher son back in August of 2001.
by Greg Johnston
Published May 04, 2007
A self-proclaimed anti-violence advocate faces a maximum of 25 years in state prison for beating, pepper spraying and throwing another woman through a window.
A Monroe County [New York] jury returned a guilty verdict in the case against Joyce Powell.
Powell turned herself into police last October. Police said she and several other people forcibly entered the home and assaulted a woman on Copeland Street.
Powell, who took the stand in her defense, claimed that she was at a bible study group at the time of the attack.
Powell became an outspoken critic of city violence after the shooting death ofher son back in August of 2001.
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