Ruling says courts cannot routinely shackle defendants

Courts cannot routinely shackle defendants "like a bear on a chain" and must instead decide on a case-by-case basis whether the restraints are necessary to prevent violence or escape, a divided federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco previously ruled that defendants have a right to be free ...

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Ruling says courts cannot routinely shackle defendants

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