Punch and Jurists

U.S. v. Howard, No. 03-50524 (9th Cir.) (463 F.3d 999) (September 15, 2006) (Judge Mary M. Schroeder) by In these seventeen consolidated criminal cases, each defendant moved to appear without shackles at the defendant's initial appearance. In each case, a magistrate judge denied the motion. In a consolidated action, the …

U.S. v. Howard, No. 03-50524 (9th Cir.) (429 F.3d 843) (November 15, 2005) (Judge Mary M. Schroeder) by In this consolidated interlocutory appeal involving 17 defendants whose motions to unshackle were denied without an evidentiary hearing, the Ninth Circuit has struck down, as unjustified, a blanket policy of the U.S. …

Deck v. Missouri, No. 04-5293 (U.S. Supreme Court) (544 U.S. 622; 125 S.Ct. 2007) (May 23, 2005) (Justice Breyer) by By a vote of 7-to-2, the Court held that "it is unconstitutional to require an individual, appearing before a jury for a possible death sentence, to be restrained by shackles …