Cuff-less in court
KAILUA-KONA — A recent federal court ruling allows criminal defendants who have not been proven guilty to appear in court without shackles, as the restraints go against their constitutional rights. The...
View Article“Not in it for Justice”
Summary On the night of November 2, 2015, Maria Soto’s 18-year-old son Daniel went out with friends and did not come home. At 1:30 p.m. the next day, Maria finally got a call: Daniel had been stabbed...
View Article“Do You See How Much I’m Suffering Here?”
Summary Do you see how much I’m suffering here? Do you think anyone deserves to be punished like this? … Sometimes I get anxious. … I thought about killing myself once, but then I regretted it and told...
View Article“We Do Unreasonable Things Here”
Summary Since July 2013, when Egypt’s military overthrew the country’s first freely elected president, torture has returned as the calling card of the security services, and the lack of punishment for...
View ArticleNo more cuffs in court? New policy says suspects can appear without shackles...
KAILUA-KONA — A recent federal court ruling allows criminal defendants who have not been proven guilty to appear in court without shackles, as the restraints go against their constitutional rights. The...
View ArticleEvery 25 Seconds
Summary Neal Scott may die in prison. A 49-year-old Black man from New Orleans, Neal had cycled in and out of prison for drug possession over a number of years. He said he was never offered treatment...
View Article“We Are in Tombs”
Summary “It was designed so that those who go in don’t come out again unless dead. It was designed for political prisoners.” –Ibrahim Abd al-Ghaffar, former warden, during a television interview in...
View ArticleThatcher's juvenile justice reform bill passes unanimously
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jonathan Lockwood Communications Director 971-645-2140 Jonathan.Lockwood@OregonLegislature.gov Thatcher's juvenile justice reform bill passes unanimously SALEM, Ore.-Today, the...
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 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 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 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 ArticleNo plans to change procedures after Youngstown murder suspect jumped to...
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - The Mahoning County Sheriff's Office currently has no plans to change its prisoner transport procedures after a man accused of rape and three killings jumped to his death from 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 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 ArticleSenate votes to ban shackling juveniles for court proceedings
SENATE MAJORITY OFFICE Oregon State Legislature State Capitol Salem, OR NEWS RELEASE April 3, 2017 CONTACT: Rick Osborn (503) 986-1074 Rick.osborn@oregonlegislature.gov Senate votes to ban shackling...
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 Article'Like a bear on a chain': Ruling deems San Diego federal court shackling...
An appeals court panel has chastised San Diego federal judges for allowing nearly all defendants to be restrained in five-point shackles during routine hearings, likening the court’s policy to treating...
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...
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