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Court bans shackling of murder defendants
AP - StL Today ^ | May 23, 2005 | Gina Holland

Posted on 05/23/2005 9:57:00 AM PDT by EveningStar

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Supreme Court, brushing aside warnings by two justices that it was jeopardizing courthouse safety, ruled Monday it is unconstitutional to force capital murder defendants to appear before juries in chains and shackles.

Justices threw out the sentence of Carman Deck, who was shackled in leg irons and handcuffed to a chain around his belly when he faced a Missouri jury that put him on death row.


Carman Deck as he appeared at his double murder trial in Jefferson County in 1996.

(Excerpt) Read more at stltoday.com ...


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events; US: Missouri
KEYWORDS: chains; courts; insanity; judicialactivism; judiciary; prisoners; ruling; scotus; shackles; shackling; supremecourt; takebackthejudiciary
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To: Txsleuth

Which article of "International Law" did this decision come from? Has SCOTUS gone mad?


21 posted on 05/23/2005 10:16:36 AM PDT by Stonedog (I don't know what your problem is, but I bet it's difficult to pronounce.)
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To: visualops
last spotted approaching the Horsehead Nebula.

Uuuuuuh ...................... I believe their at the other end of the horse.

22 posted on 05/23/2005 10:18:26 AM PDT by fella
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To: Stonedog
Has SCOTUS gone mad?

Most of them, yes.

23 posted on 05/23/2005 10:18:26 AM PDT by pubmom (I'm out of clever things to say.)
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To: Steve_Seattle
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.

Exactly. The guy wouldn't be -- um -- on trial for murder if no one viewed him as a danger to the community.

24 posted on 05/23/2005 10:18:34 AM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Legislatures are so outdated. If you want real political victory, take your issue to court.)
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Was Rehnquist there? He agreed with this?

Yes and yes.

Source

25 posted on 05/23/2005 10:21:01 AM PDT by EveningStar
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To: EveningStar

Put them in a (bullet proof) glass case. Elevator access from basement. We'll do it for their safety, to remove any negatives.

BTW, "The man in the glass booth" was a very good movie.


26 posted on 05/23/2005 10:21:24 AM PDT by FatherofFive (Choose life!)
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To: Zacs Mom

That would work. I believe a similar method was used on the imprisoned Captain Kirk et al. on the original Star Trek series.


27 posted on 05/23/2005 10:21:35 AM PDT by deks
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To: RightField

Their logic is truly frightening.


28 posted on 05/23/2005 10:22:11 AM PDT by mlc9852
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
I wonder if the prosecution said mean things about him that hurt his self esteem? Think of the emotional damage caused by Attorney Generals is every state. These Character Assassins are on the public payroll. Sniff.
29 posted on 05/23/2005 10:24:24 AM PDT by massgopguy (massgopguy)
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To: EveningStar

The socialist thought process continues to amaze me. Simply amazing.


30 posted on 05/23/2005 10:25:10 AM PDT by RetiredArmy (Islam, the religion of violence; democrats, lovers of Islam and abortion.)
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To: Zacs Mom

I think that's an elegant solution.


31 posted on 05/23/2005 10:25:44 AM PDT by Madame Dufarge
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To: EveningStar

The Republicans could not have asked for a better timing of the release of this decision.


32 posted on 05/23/2005 10:25:51 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: The Ghost of FReepers Past
Was Rehnquist there? He agreed with this?

Yes, he did. The decision was 7-2 and the only dissenters were Scalia and Thomas. I wish the Chief Justice well with his health, but I think it's time for him to put his country ahead of himself and resign.

33 posted on 05/23/2005 10:25:54 AM PDT by billclintonwillrotinhell
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To: visualops

Well said. Unfortunately their otherwordly decisions affect those of us still on planet earth.


34 posted on 05/23/2005 10:26:47 AM PDT by little jeremiah (Resisting evil is our duty or we are as responsible as those promoting it.)
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To: EveningStar

This one is simple. Two officers, both with remote controls and located at opposite ends of the courtroom, and a remote controlled shock belt on the defendant. He even twitches wrong, and zap (or zot as one prefers), one incapacitated dirtbag.

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35 posted on 05/23/2005 10:26:56 AM PDT by petro45acp (SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG!!!!)
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To: EveningStar

Which Euroweenie country did they get THAT ruling from?
These people are effin nutz.


36 posted on 05/23/2005 10:27:00 AM PDT by Adder (Can we bring back stoning again? Please?)
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To: EveningStar
Only Scalia and Thomas dissented.

I assumed that they were the only two who dissented, and you confirmed it.

37 posted on 05/23/2005 10:27:05 AM PDT by SuziQ
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To: EveningStar
Deck was convicted of killing James Long, 69, and his wife, Zelma, 67, near De Soto, Mo., in 1996. He went to the elderly couple's door asking for directions, but once inside shot them both twice in the head and stole about $400.

I don't know why anyone would consider him dangerous.

38 posted on 05/23/2005 10:27:41 AM PDT by stop_fascism
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To: visualops

"And the Supreme Court continues it's journey off planet Earth, last spotted approaching the Horsehead Nebula."

from behind right?

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39 posted on 05/23/2005 10:27:48 AM PDT by petro45acp (SUPPORT/BE YOUR LOCAL SHEEPDOG!!!!)
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To: pubmom
Let's put it here in the FR record, exactly what this charmer was convicted of doing:

Deck was convicted of killing James Long, 69, and his wife, Zelma, 67, near De Soto, Mo., in 1996. He went to the elderly couple's door asking for directions, but once inside shot them both twice in the head and stole about $400.

The case is Deck v. Missouri, 04-5293.

from the linked article above.

40 posted on 05/23/2005 10:27:54 AM PDT by RightField (The older you get ... the older "old" is !)
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