Judge: 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 ArticlePanel 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 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...
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 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 ArticleSCHUMER ANNOUNCES ‘HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GIRLS ACT,’ WHICH ABOLISHES THE DEMEANING...
(Source: US Senate Committee on Judiciary) 07.29.15 Despite Laws in Twenty-One States, Including New York, Recent Reports Revealed That Shackles Are Still Being Used to Restrict the Mobility of Young...
View ArticleCalifornia's controversial, invasive 'contraband watch' often yields little
California uses a controversial method to recover contraband from inmates believed to have swallowed it or concealed it in body cavities: "potty watches" where inmates are handcuffed and shackled for...
View ArticleThe Butchers Of Womanhood- Fgm (the Covenant Of The Flesh)
By Robert Munyui Kamunyu When God told Abraham to sign the covenant of the flesh, he circumcised all the male children and he was circumcised. The message was direct and in plain language. GENESIS 17:...
View ArticleAl Qaeda Shackled in Brooklyn
On Sunday, Saddiq Al-Abbadi and another wanted Yemeni were at large in Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, the ‘longtime al Qaeda operativ’e was cuffed in a U.S. court facing terrorism charges. A doe-eyed al...
View ArticleInmate Says He Was Raped by a Harris County Jailer
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape. Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in...
View ArticleAn Inmate's Traumatizing Story of Being Raped by a Harris County Jailer
A A Facebook- Twitter - More shares recommend reddit email - - He didn’t want to go to sleep, because sleep meant nightmares, and nightmares meant reliving a rape. Courtney Richardson, incarcerated in...
View ArticleWhy Did LA County Inmate Unique Moore Die? Lawsuit, Investigation Raise New...
Photo via justicenotjails.org Before breakfast on November 8, 2014 in the women's jail in Los Angeles County, a popular inmate named Unique Moore started coughing and complained that she couldn't...
View ArticleA Look at the Prisoner Transport System
With the recent spate of prison bus crashes, it's time to look into the operating and safety methods being employed when prisoners are in transit. In January, a prison bus slid off a slick Texas...
View ArticleAlfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days
The scriptwriter on Hitchcock's last, unfinished film, David Freeman had a front row seat as the aging, pain-wracked director raged against the dying of the light. It's hard to imagine that in his...
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...
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