The Bush meat case in New York is moving toward trial with new arguments, including the use of the monkey meat as religious expression and the argument that the amount was too small to have a significant impact on conservation: a type of one monkey limit for chefs.  There may also be an issue of lying to federal investigators, which is normally charged under 18 U.S.C. 1001.

It appears that this is not the only run in with the law for Mamie Manneh. She is serving two years for trying to run down a woman who she suspected of having an affair with her husband. It is not clear whether she asserted first amendment privileges or a one-husband exception in that case.

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