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| Supreme Court to review keeping defendants in chains |
| By Associated Press |
| Published: 10/19/2004 |
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The Supreme Court has agreed to review the practice of forcing defendants to appear before juries chained and shackled. The justices will hear the case of Carman Deck, convicted of killing an elderly couple during a 1996 robbery. His attorney says Deck was handcuffed with a belly chain and put in leg irons during the trial. She says such restraints made him appear dangerous to jurors. Deck now sits on Missouri's death row. The Supreme Court has previously ruled that defendants can be shackled if prosecutors have made a strong argument that it's necessary. But Deck's attorneys say Missouri courts are allowing inmates to be chained even without proof they pose any danger. |
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