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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
Filed under: Guard Brutality/Beatings, Restraints, Court Access, Court Appearances, Juries. Location: Illinois.
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. …

 

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