Summary
- Crystal Sharpe, a woman with disabilities, was classified as a fugitive after missing jury duty summonses due to medical conditions.
- She was arrested, handcuffed in her wheelchair, and made to appear in a courthouse lacking handicapped accommodations.
- Sharpe found the experience humiliating and the courthouse inaccessible.
- Blackstone police policy is to handcuff suspects who turn themselves in.
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- Judge reprimanded Nottoway officials for courthouse lacking ADA compliance
- ADA issues include lack of handicapped accessibility, parking, and inability for people with disabilities to serve on a jury
- Recent events brought attention to lack of compliance, including a woman in a wheelchair being arrested
- County officials are discussing the issues, but historical nature of building complicates modifications
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Summary
- Nottoway County Courthouse faces a lawsuit for ADA violations related to wheelchair access
- Inaccessible bathrooms and jury facilities are among the complaints
- The lawsuit alleges violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act
- Advocates are pushing for the courthouse to become compliant with ADA standards
