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Court bans shackling of murder defendants
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| May 23, 2005
| Gina Holland
Posted on 05/23/2005 9:57:00 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar
Black robed inmates running the asylum
imo
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posted on
05/23/2005 9:59:27 AM PDT
by
joesnuffy
(The generation that survived the depression and won WW2 proved poverty does not cause crime)
To: EveningStar
And the Supreme Court continues it's journey off planet Earth, last spotted approaching the Horsehead Nebula.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:00:34 AM PDT
by
visualops
(visualops.com)
To: EveningStar
And the guy that overpowered the guards, shot a few, and managed to get out of an Alanta court house is what? A fluke?
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:02:43 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: joesnuffy
Only Scalia and Thomas dissented.
To: EveningStar
Considering what happened in Atlanta a couple of months ago, this decision makes a lot of sense, oh, yeah!!!
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:03:13 AM PDT
by
Txsleuth
(Mark Levin for Supreme Court Justice)
To: EveningStar
IIRC, there was just a case where a murder defendant - who had been released from his shackles and was in a cell - got a deputy's gun and killed a number of people. Anybody remember the details?
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:04:04 AM PDT
by
livius
To: EveningStar
I suppose a red laser dot on the chest is out, also?
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:04:14 AM PDT
by
dts32041
(Robin Hood, stealing from the government and giving back to tax payer. Where is he today?)
To: EveningStar
Let me get this straight .... he was shackled at his SENTENCING? This means ... ummmmm ... the jury already found him guilty?
from the article: Justice Stephen Breyer, writing for the majority, said that shackling indicates to juries "that court authorities consider the offender a danger to the community."
"It also almost inevitably affects adversely the jury's perception of the character of the defendant," he wrote.
just d*mn. Seems like the jury already gave their perception of the defendant.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:04:20 AM PDT
by
RightField
(The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
To: visualops
I think the sensors that gave you that report are malfunctioning. The overwhelming majority of reports say they're still firmly in orbit around the 7th planet of our solar system. Tight orbit, I might add.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:04:23 AM PDT
by
inquest
(FTAA delenda est)
To: EveningStar
This technique was just tried in Atlanta, Georgia. The happy unshackled defendent shot the judge and other court officials dead.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:05:06 AM PDT
by
FormerACLUmember
(Honoring Saint Jude's assistance every day.)
To: Txsleuth
Considering what happened in Atlanta a couple of months ago My frist thoughts also.
To: inquest
The overwhelming majority of reports say they're still firmly in orbit around the 7th planet of our solar system. Tight orbit, I might add. With their heads pointing planet side I take it?
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:07:38 AM PDT
by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
To: joesnuffy
Sure . . . there's no danger there -- they figure the REAL threat is people who criticize them in the media.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:08:55 AM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(O beautiful for patriot dream - that sees beyond the years)
To: EveningStar
Since the issue seems to be that seeing the defendant in chains and shackles makes him appear dangerous to jurors, how about we just wire the felons with 50 or so seperate taser receptors (discreetly hiding under their shirt, of course) and arm the bailiff and guards with remote trigger mechanisms.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:09:14 AM PDT
by
Zacs Mom
(Proud wife of a Marine! ... and purveyor of "rampant, unedited dialogue")
To: EveningStar
Can we put them in a big Lucite box instead then?
To: RightField
Justice Stephen Breyer, extraordinary idiot.
Dear God, we're in trouble.
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:12:43 AM PDT
by
pubmom
(I'm out of clever things to say.)
To: EveningStar
Was Rehnquist there? He agreed with this?
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posted on
05/23/2005 10:13:32 AM PDT
by
The Ghost of FReepers Past
(Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
To: EveningStar
Doesn't the fact that the defendant has been arrested and charged with a crime serve to prejudice the jury? The Supreme Court is being too clever by half.
To: All
"The decision left room for court personnel to handcuff or chain defendants, but only if they pose a special security risk."
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Hate to tell the justices, but ALL of the defendants pose a special security risk.
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