Lady Justice atop Butte courthouse finally gets her own set of scales

Lady Justice atop Butte courthouse finally gets her own set of scales

The Lady Justice atop the Butte courthouse has always carried a sword to dispense judgment, but now she also has a set of scales to weigh the evidence.

Butte's Lady Justice statue finally gets scale after 100 years

BUTTE - For 113 years Lady Justice has been proudly standing atop the Butte Courthouse, but without the scales of justice in her left hand. Now, that injustice has been rectified."That was on my list of things to accomplish, yeah, that was a big one actually, Government Buildings Manager John Sullivan said.Buttes government building manager has been wanting to put a scale in the statue's hand after discovering it had a spot for it two years ago.…