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Only Scalia and Thomas dissented.
Sure . . . there's no danger there -- they figure the REAL threat is people who criticize them in the media.
Black robed inmates who'll never have a murder defendant in their courtroom. Maybe we oughtta require them to actually sit on the bench for a few, and then see how they feel about it.
ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Fulton County Superior Court Judge Rowland W. Barnes told attorneys Thursday that he was concerned rape suspect Brian Nichols could pose a danger if he was convicted, the suspect's attorney said Friday evening. The judge pledged to bolster security for the remainder of the trial after a sheriff's deputy found two makeshift weapons in Nichols' shoes on Wednesday
The judge and two others were killed Friday after Nichols wrestled a gun away from a sheriff's deputy then went into a courtroom and shot Barnes and court reporter Julie Ann Brandau.
As he escaped, Nichols fatally shot deputy Sgt. Hoyt Teasley, who was pursuing him outside the building.
This liberalism for you. To politically-correct, we must allow female deputies to guard dangerous criminals, but we can't shackle the dangerous criminal because our courts won't allow it.
Now all they need to do is require all suspects be guarded by 5', slightly overweight grandmothers! That will do the trick.
And this .. after the Atlanta shooting where the guy was not even handcuffed ..?? Outrageous. They don't care if another judge gets shot ..??