Ammon 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 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 ArticleL.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 ArticleRuling says courts cannot routinely shackle defendants
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Courts cannot routinely shackle defendants "like a bear on a chain" and must instead decide on a case-by-case basis whether the restraints are necessary to prevent violence or...
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 ArticleAppeals court: Courts cannot have blanket shackling policy
A federal appeals court says courts cannot routinely shackle defendants during proceedings and must instead decide on a case-by-case...
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 ArticleNew unrestrained policy goes courtwide Monday in Kona
KAILUA-KONA — Starting Monday, the 3rd Circuit will fully implement a new procedure that allows criminal defendants who have not been proven guilty to appear unrestrained in court. While Hawaii is not...
View ArticleThey have one-way tickets, paid for by Washington
Alexandria, Louisiana (CNN)The men shuffle in a line across a lonely tarmac, one by one. Chains around their ankles clank with each step, a steady beat punctuating the engines' roar. Some men walk in...
View ArticleThe trials of Babar Ahmad: from jihad in Bosnia to a US prison via Met brutality
In his first interview since he tasted freedom after 12 years behind bars, Ahmad tells how he became the longest-serving UK prisoner to be detained without charge...
View ArticlePresident Trump: Irish writers have their say
While we were sleeping, first we voted into office the ones who watch you drown while very articulately expressing concern; then we tried voting for the ones who kind of like to see you drown. – from...
View ArticleFor Decades, Harris County’s Bail System Trapped the Poor. Is that Finally...
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - Print Article In the general-population jail pod where 59-year-old Gilbert Cruz was incarcerated for 70 days, there was a chess set. He...
View ArticleDeaths and Disappearances
Summary No one here reports to police because they fear for their lives. . . . There are people who have been missing for more than nine months. Some are taken for a few weeks or days for questioning...
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 ArticleProtecting Schools from Military Use
Introduction This report collects recent and historic examples of laws, court decisions, military orders, policies, and practice by governments, armed forces, non-state armed groups, and courts aimed...
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 ArticleOnline and On All Fronts
Summary Since 2012, the Russian authorities have intensified a crackdown on freedom of expression, selectively casting certain kinds of criticism of the government as threats to state security and...
View ArticleMother lets son drive golf cart at resort, gets jailed for child abuse
On the second day of her dream vacation on exclusive Bald Head Island, Julie Mall went with her family to the beach to catch the sunset. Her 11-year-old son asked to drive the golf cart back to their...
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