  The State Attorney announced that he would appeal the verdict .   = = = Appeals verdict = = =   The State Attorney 's appeal was heard by a panel of three judges of the Prague High Court , chaired by judge Jiří Lněnička . The hearing took place in Blythe 's absence . Blythe 's acquittal was upheld by the panel on June 5 , 2013 .   The verdict may have been appealed by the Supreme State Attorney ( SSA ) to the Supreme Court . As the appeal hasn 't been lodged by SSA within two months of the delivery of written second instance verdict , it has become final .   In 2015 Blythe demanded ca CZK 15 millions for damages but the Municipal Court for Prague 2 dismissed the suit .   = = Reaction = =   In reaction to the arrest and detention , a fan created a petition at the official White House petition site . By the time Blythe was released on bail , it gathered over 27 @,@ 500 signatures .   On July 7 , 2012 , there was a vigil organized in Lamb of God 's hometown of Richmond , Virginia , by a friend of Blythe 's . At the event , Gwar ( who are also from Richmond ) frontman Dave Brockie said : “ I don ’ t think it was right for him to be arrested . I don ’ t think it was right for him to be locked up .... This stuff could have all been worked out diplomatically or legally before he got there . ” In addition to Brockie , other notable figures in heavy metal , such as Tom Araya and David Draiman , have also come out in support of Blythe .   In a post to his blog , Blythe explained that he met the Nosek family in private after the trial , and promised them to be " a spokesperson for safer shows " . He emphasized that the family never attacked him and " just wanted to know the truth of what had happened to their son " .   = U.S. Route 2 in Michigan =   US Highway 2 ( US 2 ) is a component of the United States Numbered Highway System that connects Everett , Washington , to the Upper Peninsula ( UP ) of the US state of Michigan , with a separate segment that runs from Rouses Point , New York , to Houlton , Maine . In Michigan , the highway runs through the UP in two segments as a part of the state trunkline highway system , entering the state at Ironwood and ending at St. Ignace ; in between , US 2 briefly traverses the state of Wisconsin . As one of the major transportation arteries in the UP , US 2 is a major conduit for traffic through the state and neighboring northern Midwest states . Two sections of the roadway are included as part of the Great Lakes Circle Tours , and other segments are listed as state @-@ designated Pure Michigan Byways . There are several memorial highway designations and historic bridges along US 2 that date to the 1910s and 1920s . The highway runs through rural sections of the UP , passing through two national and two state forests in the process .   The route of what became US 2 was used as part of two Indian trails before European settlers came to the UP , and as part of the Michigan segments of the Theodore Roosevelt International Highway and the King 's International Highway auto trails in the early 20th century . The state later included these trails as part of M ‑ 12 when the first state highway trunklines were designated in 1919 . Most of M ‑ 12 was redesignated as part of US 2 when the US Highway System was created on November 11 , 1926 . Since the 1930s , several changes have reshaped the highway 's routing through the UP . One such alteration eventually created a business loop that connected across the state line with Hurley , Wisconsin , and others pushed an originally inland routing of US 2 closer to the Lake Michigan shoreline . With the creation of the Interstate Highway System , part of US 2 was rerouted to coincide with the new Interstate 75 ( I ‑ 75 ) , though in the 1980s , the U.S. Highway was truncated and removed from the I ‑ 75 freeway , resulting in today 's basic form .   = = Route description = =   According to a 2006 regional planning committee report , US 2 is a key highway for Michigan , providing its main western gateway . The roadway plays " an important role in the transportation of goods across the northern tier of states in the Midwest " , and is listed on the National Highway System ( NHS ) for its entire length . The NHS is a network of roadways important to the country 's economy , defense , and mobility . Together with M ‑ 28 , US 2 is part of a pair of primary trunklines that bridge the eastern and western sides of the UP . The 305 @.@ 151 miles ( 491 @.@ 093 km ) of roadway in Michigan is divided into a
Ġ ĠThe ĠState ĠAttorney Ġannounced Ġthat Ġhe Ġwould Ġappeal Ġthe Ġverdict Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= ĠAppeals Ġverdict Ġ= Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠThe ĠState ĠAttorney Ġ' s Ġappeal Ġwas Ġheard Ġby Ġa Ġpanel Ġof Ġthree Ġjudges Ġof Ġthe ĠPrague ĠHigh ĠCourt Ġ, Ġchaired Ġby Ġjudge ĠJi Å Ļ ÃŃ ĠL n Ä Ľ ni Äį ka Ġ. ĠThe Ġhearing Ġtook Ġplace Ġin ĠB ly the Ġ' s Ġabsence Ġ. ĠB ly the Ġ' s Ġacqu ittal Ġwas Ġupheld Ġby Ġthe Ġpanel Ġon ĠJune Ġ5 Ġ, Ġ2013 Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġverdict Ġmay Ġhave Ġbeen Ġappealed Ġby Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠState ĠAttorney Ġ( ĠS SA Ġ) Ġto Ġthe ĠSupreme ĠCourt Ġ. ĠAs Ġthe Ġappeal Ġhasn Ġ' t Ġbeen Ġlodged Ġby ĠS SA Ġwithin Ġtwo Ġmonths Ġof Ġthe Ġdelivery Ġof Ġwritten Ġsecond Ġinstance Ġverdict Ġ, Ġit Ġhas Ġbecome Ġfinal Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġ2015 ĠB ly the Ġdemanded Ġca ĠC Z K Ġ15 Ġmillions Ġfor Ġdamages Ġbut Ġthe ĠMunicipal ĠCourt Ġfor ĠPrague Ġ2 Ġdismissed Ġthe Ġsuit Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠReaction Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġreaction Ġto Ġthe Ġarrest Ġand Ġdetention Ġ, Ġa Ġfan Ġcreated Ġa Ġpetition Ġat Ġthe Ġofficial ĠWhite ĠHouse Ġpetition Ġsite Ġ. ĠBy Ġthe Ġtime ĠB ly the Ġwas Ġreleased Ġon Ġbail Ġ, Ġit Ġgathered Ġover Ġ27 Ġ@ , @ Ġ500 Ġsignatures Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠOn ĠJuly Ġ7 Ġ, Ġ2012 Ġ, Ġthere Ġwas Ġa Ġvigil Ġorganized Ġin ĠLamb Ġof ĠGod Ġ' s Ġhometown Ġof ĠRichmond Ġ, ĠVirginia Ġ, Ġby Ġa Ġfriend Ġof ĠB ly the Ġ' s Ġ. ĠAt Ġthe Ġevent Ġ, ĠG war Ġ( Ġwho Ġare Ġalso Ġfrom ĠRichmond Ġ) Ġfrontman ĠDave ĠBrock ie Ġsaid Ġ: ĠâĢ ľ ĠI Ġdon ĠâĢ Ļ Ġt Ġthink Ġit Ġwas Ġright Ġfor Ġhim Ġto Ġbe Ġarrested Ġ. ĠI Ġdon ĠâĢ Ļ Ġt Ġthink Ġit Ġwas Ġright Ġfor Ġhim Ġto Ġbe Ġlocked Ġup Ġ.... ĠThis Ġstuff Ġcould Ġhave Ġall Ġbeen Ġworked Ġout Ġdiplom atically Ġor Ġlegally Ġbefore Ġhe Ġgot Ġthere Ġ. ĠâĢ Ŀ ĠIn Ġaddition Ġto ĠBrock ie Ġ, Ġother Ġnotable Ġfigures Ġin Ġheavy Ġmetal Ġ, Ġsuch Ġas ĠTom ĠAr aya Ġand ĠDavid ĠDra iman Ġ, Ġhave Ġalso Ġcome Ġout Ġin Ġsupport Ġof ĠB ly the Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠIn Ġa Ġpost Ġto Ġhis Ġblog Ġ, ĠB ly the Ġexplained Ġthat Ġhe Ġmet Ġthe ĠNose k Ġfamily Ġin Ġprivate Ġafter Ġthe Ġtrial Ġ, Ġand Ġpromised Ġthem Ġto Ġbe Ġ" Ġa Ġspokesperson Ġfor Ġsafer Ġshows Ġ" Ġ. ĠHe Ġemphasized Ġthat Ġthe Ġfamily Ġnever Ġattacked Ġhim Ġand Ġ" Ġjust Ġwanted Ġto Ġknow Ġthe Ġtruth Ġof Ġwhat Ġhad Ġhappened Ġto Ġtheir Ġson Ġ" Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= ĠU . S . ĠRoute Ġ2 Ġin ĠMichigan Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠUS ĠHighway Ġ2 Ġ( ĠUS Ġ2 Ġ) Ġis Ġa Ġcomponent Ġof Ġthe ĠUnited ĠStates ĠN umbered ĠHighway ĠSystem Ġthat Ġconnects ĠEverett Ġ, ĠWashington Ġ, Ġto Ġthe ĠUpper ĠPeninsula Ġ( ĠUP Ġ) Ġof Ġthe ĠUS Ġstate Ġof ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġwith Ġa Ġseparate Ġsegment Ġthat Ġruns Ġfrom ĠR ouses ĠPoint Ġ, ĠNew ĠYork Ġ, Ġto ĠH oul ton Ġ, ĠMaine Ġ. ĠIn ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġthe Ġhighway Ġruns Ġthrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġin Ġtwo Ġsegments Ġas Ġa Ġpart Ġof Ġthe Ġstate Ġtrunk line Ġhighway Ġsystem Ġ, Ġentering Ġthe Ġstate Ġat ĠIron wood Ġand Ġending Ġat ĠSt . ĠIgn ace Ġ; Ġin Ġbetween Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġbriefly Ġtravers es Ġthe Ġstate Ġof ĠWisconsin Ġ. ĠAs Ġone Ġof Ġthe Ġmajor Ġtransportation Ġarteries Ġin Ġthe ĠUP Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġis Ġa Ġmajor Ġconduit Ġfor Ġtraffic Ġthrough Ġthe Ġstate Ġand Ġneighboring Ġnorthern ĠMidwest Ġstates Ġ. ĠTwo Ġsections Ġof Ġthe Ġroadway Ġare Ġincluded Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe ĠGreat ĠLakes ĠCircle ĠTours Ġ, Ġand Ġother Ġsegments Ġare Ġlisted Ġas Ġstate Ġ@ - @ Ġdesignated ĠPure ĠMichigan ĠBy ways Ġ. ĠThere Ġare Ġseveral Ġmemorial Ġhighway Ġdesign ations Ġand Ġhistoric Ġbridges Ġalong ĠUS Ġ2 Ġthat Ġdate Ġto Ġthe Ġ1910 s Ġand Ġ1920 s Ġ. ĠThe Ġhighway Ġruns Ġthrough Ġrural Ġsections Ġof Ġthe ĠUP Ġ, Ġpassing Ġthrough Ġtwo Ġnational Ġand Ġtwo Ġstate Ġforests Ġin Ġthe Ġprocess Ġ. Ġ Ġ ĠThe Ġroute Ġof Ġwhat Ġbecame ĠUS Ġ2 Ġwas Ġused Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġtwo ĠIndian Ġtrails Ġbefore ĠEuropean Ġsettlers Ġcame Ġto Ġthe ĠUP Ġ, Ġand Ġas Ġpart Ġof Ġthe ĠMichigan Ġsegments Ġof Ġthe ĠTheodore ĠRoosevelt ĠInternational ĠHighway Ġand Ġthe ĠKing Ġ' s ĠInternational ĠHighway Ġauto Ġtrails Ġin Ġthe Ġearly Ġ20 th Ġcentury Ġ. ĠThe Ġstate Ġlater Ġincluded Ġthese Ġtrails Ġas Ġpart Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ12 Ġwhen Ġthe Ġfirst Ġstate Ġhighway Ġtrunk lines Ġwere Ġdesignated Ġin Ġ1919 Ġ. ĠMost Ġof ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ12 Ġwas Ġredesign ated Ġas Ġpart Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġwhen Ġthe ĠUS ĠHighway ĠSystem Ġwas Ġcreated Ġon ĠNovember Ġ11 Ġ, Ġ1926 Ġ. ĠSince Ġthe Ġ1930 s Ġ, Ġseveral Ġchanges Ġhave Ġresh aped Ġthe Ġhighway Ġ' s Ġrouting Ġthrough Ġthe ĠUP Ġ. ĠOne Ġsuch Ġalteration Ġeventually Ġcreated Ġa Ġbusiness Ġloop Ġthat Ġconnected Ġacross Ġthe Ġstate Ġline Ġwith ĠHur ley Ġ, ĠWisconsin Ġ, Ġand Ġothers Ġpushed Ġan Ġoriginally Ġinland Ġrouting Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġcloser Ġto Ġthe ĠLake ĠMichigan Ġshore line Ġ. ĠWith Ġthe Ġcreation Ġof Ġthe ĠInterstate ĠHighway ĠSystem Ġ, Ġpart Ġof ĠUS Ġ2 Ġwas Ġre r outed Ġto Ġcoincide Ġwith Ġthe Ġnew ĠInterstate Ġ75 Ġ( ĠI ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ75 Ġ) Ġ, Ġthough Ġin Ġthe Ġ1980 s Ġ, Ġthe ĠU . S . ĠHighway Ġwas Ġtrunc ated Ġand Ġremoved Ġfrom Ġthe ĠI ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ75 Ġfreeway Ġ, Ġresulting Ġin Ġtoday Ġ' s Ġbasic Ġform Ġ. Ġ Ġ Ġ= Ġ= ĠRoute Ġdescription Ġ= Ġ= Ġ Ġ ĠAccording Ġto Ġa Ġ2006 Ġregional Ġplanning Ġcommittee Ġreport Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġis Ġa Ġkey Ġhighway Ġfor ĠMichigan Ġ, Ġproviding Ġits Ġmain Ġwestern Ġgateway Ġ. ĠThe Ġroadway Ġplays Ġ" Ġan Ġimportant Ġrole Ġin Ġthe Ġtransportation Ġof Ġgoods Ġacross Ġthe Ġnorthern Ġtier Ġof Ġstates Ġin Ġthe ĠMidwest Ġ" Ġ, Ġand Ġis Ġlisted Ġon Ġthe ĠNational ĠHighway ĠSystem Ġ( ĠNHS Ġ) Ġfor Ġits Ġentire Ġlength Ġ. ĠThe ĠNHS Ġis Ġa Ġnetwork Ġof Ġroad ways Ġimportant Ġto Ġthe Ġcountry Ġ' s Ġeconomy Ġ, Ġdefense Ġ, Ġand Ġmobility Ġ. ĠTogether Ġwith ĠM ĠâĢ ĳ Ġ28 Ġ, ĠUS Ġ2 Ġis Ġpart Ġof Ġa Ġpair Ġof Ġprimary Ġtrunk lines Ġthat Ġbridge Ġthe Ġeastern Ġand Ġwestern Ġsides Ġof Ġthe ĠUP Ġ. ĠThe Ġ305 Ġ@ . @ Ġ151 Ġmiles Ġ( Ġ49 1 Ġ@ . @ Ġ0 93 Ġkm Ġ) Ġof Ġroadway Ġin ĠMichigan Ġis Ġdivided Ġinto Ġa