Really? I find it hard to believe that. The marking of ones body to that extent is intimately connected to that persons beliefs and inner workings and some of those marks are direct claims of responsibility for criminal acts IIRC. To hide them, in my opinion, is to commit fraud upon the jury.
well, my note was how I understand the law
the idea being to test the prosector’s evidence of what the accused actually may have DONE
and not prejudice a jury
it is, after all, just possible that the defendant is a total Nazi slimeball (sure looks that way) but maybe he did not do the crime of which he is accused
juries can be prejudiced or inflamed by being shown certain inflammatory things like, say, swaztikas or KKK costumes or
“Piss Christ” or whatever like that...
the law wants a non=prejudiced jury
anyway....that’s how I understand it.
I DO UNDERSTAND your POV....
Best,
fhc