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Shackling Plainitff Violates Right to Fair Trial
Loaded on Aug. 15, 1993
published in Prison Legal News
August, 1993, page 9
Edward Lemons is an Illinois state prisoner. He claimed that while in segregation he was attacked and severely beaten by prison guards. When his case went to trial the judge went along with the defendant's request that Lemons be handcuffed and manacled in front of the jury during the trial. ...
Filed under:
Guard Brutality/Beatings,
Restraints,
Court Access,
Court Appearances,
Juries.
Location:
Illinois.
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