L.A. County deputy handcuffs public defender, and 'tiff' turns into a federal...
A Los Angeles County sheriff's deputy may be held liable for arresting a public defender for failing to immediately obey a judge’s summons to her courtroom, a federal appeals court decided Friday. In a...
View ArticleWashington, DC, courts to stop routinely shackling juveniles
WASHINGTON (AP) — Political leaders and judges in the District of Columbia's federally run court system have reached an agreement to end the routine shackling of juvenile defendants during court...
View ArticleBaltimore officer acquitted on all charges in Freddie Gray case
By JULIET LINDERMAN The Associated Press BALTIMORE — A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their...
View ArticleOfficer acquitted on all charges in Freddie Gray case
BALTIMORE — A Baltimore officer was acquitted Monday of assault and other charges in the arrest of Freddie Gray, dealing prosecutors a significant blow in their attempt to hold police accountable for...
View ArticleIllinois courts could end automatic shackling of juveniles
CHICAGO (AP) — Supporters of new rules designed to make the use of handcuffs, leg irons and belly chains on juvenile suspects in...
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 ArticleSubmission to the United Nations Committee against Torture
I. Summary Human Rights Watch would like to express its appreciation to the United Nations Committee against Torture (the “Committee”) for this opportunity to provide information on the compliance of...
View ArticleTorture, Slow Death in Egypt Junta's Aqrab Prison (Freedom and Justice Party)
(Source: Freedom and Justice Party) 'Tombs for the living!' This is the most 'moderate' description of Aqrab (Scorpion) Prison cells. Unlike humans who die the simple one death, detainees in this...
View ArticleHRW Letter to UN Committee against Torture on Pre-Sessional Review of China...
(Source: HRW - Human Rights Watch) February 12, 2015 Members of the United Nations Committee against Torture Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights 52 rue des Pâquis CH-1201...
View ArticleIn the Middle of an Electoral Revolution, Scalia Leaves the Plutocracy One...
The salutary rule of private life that one should not speak poorly of the recently departed does not properly apply to public persons who we know only through their public deeds. When they choose to...
View ArticleReligious Exemptions and Third-Party Harms (The Federalist Society for Law...
(Source: The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies) Federalist Society Review, Volume 17, Issue 3 Note from the Editor: This article discusses the effect that third-party harms should...
View Article“No Right to Live”
Summary On the morning of February 28, 2013, the opposition Jamaat-e-Islami party called a strike to protest the death penalty handed down against its leader, Delwar Hossain Sayedee, who had been...
View ArticleFlorida Murder Suspect Escaped A Packed Courtroom, Leaving Behind Shackles...
Imagine if a dangerous murder suspect fled a packed courtroom, changed his clothes, and left behind the prison jumpsuit and shackles, and now, is nowhere to be found. That is exactly what happened in...
View ArticleL.A. County jail inmates were handcuffed to a wall for hours on 'potty watch'
One jail inmate, clad only in boxer shorts and socks, was handcuffed to a wall for up to 11 hours. Another was cuffed to the wall for as many as eight or nine hours, causing bleeding and severe pain to...
View ArticleSlipshod security in Broward Courthouse
The story of how a murder suspect escaped from the Broward County Courthouse and left local law-enforcement officers looking like the Keystone Kops is one of those incredible, only-in-South-Florida...
View Article“Why Are You Keeping Me Here?”
Summary Greek authorities registered over 3,300 unaccompanied asylum-seeking and migrant children arriving in Greece in the first seven months of 2016. Many of these children had fled violence and...
View ArticlePANEL THAT REINSTATED DEPUTY SUED
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticlePANEL THAT REINSTATED DEPUTY SUED SHERIFF SUES OVER DEPUTY REINSTATEMENT
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticleSheriff sues county panel to fire jail deputy
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
View ArticleSheriff sues panel that reinstated deputy
SAN DIEGO For the second time in two years, Sheriff Bill Gore is asking a judge to overturn a decision made by the county Civil Service Commission. The latest suit, filed after commissioners rejected...
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