Ohio Judge Orders Defendant's Mouth Duct Taped Shut - Video

Freedom's Lighthouse ^ | September 2, 2009 | BrianinMO

[Federalist Patriot]

Here is video of an Ohio Judge ordering a defendant who kept interrupting him to have his mouth covered with duct tape. . . . (Watch Video)

[SJSAMPLE]

Awesome!!!

A judge must have control of his courtroom.

[Federalist Patriot]

I agree. It’s good to see someone keep order.

[smellmygunpowder]

I thought maybe the article was about my ex girlfriend until it stated... ‘his mouth taped shut’.

[Moltke]

A bit bizarre.

Is there no provision to have a seriously disruptive defendent sent back to his cell and continue in absentia?

[Pistolshot]

Shades of Bobby Seale.

[SeaHawkFan]

A bit bizarre. Is there no provision to have a seriously disruptive defendent sent back to his cell and continue in absentia?

It has to be a lot worse than that to be removed from the courtroom. This wasn't nothing compared to a lot of instances of disruptive behavior.

In appropriate situations, a defendant can be gagged and physically restrained, but about the only thing that will get a defendant removed by force from the courtroom are disruptions of a physical nature.

[TigersEye]

Duct tape is the king of tapes.