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To: Kokojmudd

Why do you think race would make a difference? They simply don't want to prejudice a jury by having the defendant in handcuffs and/or shackled. That's standard procedure in most courtrooms. Again, if a defendant was able to post bond, he or she would not be cuffed.


58 posted on 03/14/2005 9:57:19 AM PST by mlc9852
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To: mlc9852
"Why do you think race would make a difference? They simply don't want to prejudice a jury by having the defendant in handcuffs and/or shackled. That's standard procedure in most courtrooms. Again, if a defendant was able to post bond, he or she would not be cuffed."

It doesn't make a difference. I had confused preliminary hearings and or arraignments, where suspects are sometimes shackled together or maybe handcuffed, with presenting the suspect before a jury. I stand corrected.
71 posted on 03/14/2005 10:03:56 AM PST by Kokojmudd (Today's Liberal is Tomorrow's Prospective Flying Saucer Abductee)
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