Ohio courts to adopt rules for juvenile shackling under new rule (Ohio State Bar Association)

(Source: Ohio State Bar Association) ​March 28, 2016 An amendment to the Rules of Superintendence for the Courts of Ohio will mandate that local courts adopt rules to regulate the shackling of youth appearing in court proceedings. The Ohio Supreme Court adopted Sup. R. 5.01, which will take effect July 1. After meeting with concerned parties about this issue last year, Chief Justice Maureen O'Connor directed a subset of the Advisory Committee on Children & Families to examine the issue. Along with publishing a proposed rule for public comment, the group researched how other states have addressed the issue and conducted a survey of Ohio juvenile court...