Panel says state can't intervene in concealed-weapon appeal
A federal appeals court decided Wednesday that California has no legal right to challenge a ruling that prevents counties from imposing strict requirements on carrying concealed weapons in public. The...
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 ArticleNY police handcuff, shackle ‘combative five-year-old’
The idea that police officers should use handcuffs and leg shackles to control an unruly individual is hardly unusual in the U.S., where fondness for the use of metal restraints runs through the...
View ArticleSheriff's deputy shackled elementary school students who had disabilities,...
A Kentucky deputy sheriff restrained two elementary school children with disabilities using handcuffs, shackling their arms behind their backs and causing them pain and emotional trauma, a new federal...
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 ArticleCarroll: A vengeful judge in Arapahoe County
For those of you who typically vote to retain every judge on your lengthy ballot, attorney Daniel Foster has a cautionary story — at least if you live in the 18th Judicial District of Arapahoe,...
View ArticleSheriff defends officer who shackled school children
A Kentucky sheriff is standing behind a deputy officer who restrained two elementary school children with disabilities using handcuffs last fall, saying he did nothing wrong. "Covington Schools'...
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 ArticleSeriously ill detainee was shackled hours before he died
Home Office report into death of man handcuffed during surgery raises important questions about vulnerable detainees’ care...
View ArticleFormer Cook County Sheriff’s Deputy Sentenced To 1 Year In Prison For Using...
(Source: United States Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Illinois) CHICAGO - A former Cook County sheriff's deputy was sentenced today to one year in federal prison for violating the civil...
View ArticleFormer 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 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 ArticleThreats loom over gang trial; U.S. marshals want Hobos shackled
Security threats looming over an impending street-gang trial at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse have prompted the U.S. Marshals to ask a judge to take the rare step of shackling alleged gang members...
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 ArticleFreddie Gray officer acquitted on all charges in custody death case
A police officer has been acquitted of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, who died in custody in Baltimore. The acquittal is a serious blow to prosecutors attempting to hold...
View ArticleAn Irritated Judge Handcuffs A Defense Lawyer In Court
By Alhaji Alhasan Abdulai Wonders will continue to occur in the world. The reason? We in Ghana and most parts of the world are yet to encounter this experience. But it has happened in the United States...
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 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 ArticleAmmon Bundy's lawyer argues for his client's right to wear cowboy boots at trial
Before prospective jurors file into Courtroom 9A in the federal courthouse in downtown Portland Wednesday morning, the judge is expected to rule on whether the defendants in the Oregon standoff case...
View ArticleMiddle ground on shackling juvenile suspects
Three Colorado counties have started unshackling juveniles during court appearances (Thinkstock) The image of a pre-adolescent kid standing shackled before a judge to answer to minor crimes is...
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