Former Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced to One Year in Prison for Using...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Chicago Field Office) CHICAGO-A former Cook County sheriff's deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil rights of a man...
View ArticleNew York state police handcuff and shackle 'combative' five-year-old
Officers handcuffed a five-year-old deemed disruptive. Photograph: 34760.000000/Getty Images/MedioImages...
View ArticleAccused killer uncuffed to communicate with lawyers
Daniel French, the Kentucky man accused of killing an 87-year-old Monroe woman, was escorted into court Tuesday restrained by shackles, handcuffs and a belly band. But his right hand was freed after a...
View ArticleFlorida officers under fire after slapping, dragging incidents caught on video
Miami (CNN)Two South Florida law enforcement officers are under fire after witnesses used their cell phones to capture footage of them possibly mistreating arrestees. The first video, recorded Sunday...
View ArticleColorado Voices: Children shouldn't be shackled in Denver juvenile court
In Denver, children in custody are taken to juvenile court in shackles and handcuffs. (Associated Press file) The sheriffs bring the prisoner into court in leg irons, metal shackled around each ankle....
View ArticleFormer Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force...
(Source: Federal Bureau of Investigation - Chicago Field Office) CHICAGO-A former Cook County sheriff's deputy pleaded guilty today to violating the civil rights of a man being held in the county's...
View ArticleFormer Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois) Former Cook County Sheriff's Deputy Pleads Guilty to Using Excessive Force Against Detainee in Maywood Lockup in 2010...
View ArticleJudge: UVa murder defendant must wear jail clothing for now
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) — A judge ruled Thursday that a man charged with abducting and killing a University of Virginia student must continue to wear jail-issued clothing and shackles in hearings...
View ArticleLocal Courts to Adopt Rules for Juvenile Shackling Under New Statewide Rule...
(Source: Supreme Court of Ohio) 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...
View ArticleColorado judges allowing more kids to appear in court without shackles
Advocates say forcing kids to wear up to 25 pounds of chains and shackles in court can have traumatic effects A ten-year old boy sits with leg irons in a courtroom during his court appearance Monday,...
View ArticleOhio courts to adopt rules for juvenile shackling under new rule (Ohio State...
(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...
View ArticleAppeals court upholds San Francisco laws regulating gun ownership
SAN FRANCISCO -- A federal appeals court unanimously upheld the constitutionality Tuesday of two San Francisco laws that regulate gun storage and ammunition. A three-judge panel of the U.S. 9th Circuit...
View ArticleCalifornia can't challenge ruling on concealed guns, court says
Relaxed rules for carrying concealed guns in public may not be challenged by California state officials or advocacy groups, a federal appeals panel decided Wednesday. The decision was another victory...
View ArticleCops Tased A Mentally Ill Non-Criminal To Death, And They Can't Be Prosecuted
(CN) - Three North Carolina police officers used excessive force when they Tased a mentally ill man to death while taking him into custody, but they are nevertheless immune from prosecution because...
View ArticleSCHUMER ANNOUNCES ‘HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GIRLS ACT,’ WHICH ABOLISHES THE DEMEANING...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 07.29.15 Despite Laws in Twenty-One States, Including New York, Recent Reports Revealed That Shackles Are Still Being Used to Restrict the Mobility of Young...
View ArticleCalifornia's controversial, invasive 'contraband watch' often yields little
California uses a controversial method to recover contraband from inmates believed to have swallowed it or concealed it in body cavities: "potty watches" where inmates are handcuffed and shackled for...
View ArticleThe Butchers Of Womanhood- Fgm (the Covenant Of The Flesh)
By Robert Munyui Kamunyu When God told Abraham to sign the covenant of the flesh, he circumcised all the male children and he was circumcised. The message was direct and in plain language. GENESIS 17:...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Shackled in Brooklyn
On Sunday, Saddiq Al-Abbadi and another wanted Yemeni were at large in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the ‘longtime al Qaeda operativ’e was cuffed in a U.S. court facing terrorism charges. A doe-eyed al...
View ArticleInmate Says He Was Raped by a Harris County Jailer
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape. Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in...
View ArticleAn Inmate's Traumatizing Story of Being Raped by a Harris County Jailer
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape. Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in...
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