| Inmates often wear orange to court for pretrial hearings and sentencings, but usually get to to wear civilian clothes for trials. If they must wear leg chains, they're usually hidden by a curtain on the defense table. But at the 2012 trial of one inmate's federal civil rights claim against guards in federal court, U.S. District Judge Rudolph Randa not only kept the plaintiff dressed like an inmate (state prison green, actually), he kept him in handcuffs too, and had extra law enforcment officers placed near Maus. The defendants wore their guard uniforms. Maus asked for a new trial, saying he was prejudiced by the appearances. Randa denied the request and Maus appealed and won. "Just...
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