No 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 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...
View ArticleL.A. Superior Court doesn't have to reopen shuttered courthouses, appeals...
Federal judges are barred from ordering Los Angeles Superior Court to reopen closed courthouses, a U.S. appeals panel decided Tuesday. The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals threw out a lawsuit brought by...
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 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 ArticleJudges to decide whether to keep defendants in shackles
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Judges are making changes after two recent 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rulings said judges must evaluate defendants...
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 ArticleSilencing Turkey’s Media
Summary On the night of July 15, 2016, elements of the Turkish military staged an attempt to overthrow the democratically elected government. According to official figures, at least 241 citizens and...
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...
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