[AnAmericanMother]

In fact, that's exactly what happened in Dougherty. The trial court improperly excluded the defendants from the courtroom on the basis that they might be disruptive, without any evidence to speak of (nothing compelling).

The case was reversed on THAT basis - not jury nullification.

There has to be overwhelming evidence of actual disruption before the defendant will even be shackled, let alone excluded from the courtroom.

There is, however, a downside risk. We had a judge, his court reporter, and a deputy shot and killed by a criminal defendant who escaped his escort, beat her severely, stole her gun, and ran amuck in the courtroom. But that was mostly due to the sorry state of security in Fulton County.

[SeaHawkFan]

My question to you wasn’t related to jury nullification.

Also, what do you think of justices on a state supreme court reviewing a case when each on of them was on the witness list for the trial involved, but were not called because the defendant was ordered out of the courtroom so he could not present a defense? To make it worse, the case never even appeared on a public docket so there is no way the public could have known the case even existed.

[SeaHawkFan]

I’m not a sexist by any stretch of the imagination, but there is virtually no woman who can physically control just about any man, never mind the fact that way too many custodial officers are grossly overweight and out of shape.