From: <spm2101@columbia.edu>
  To  : <cpc@emoglen.law.columbia.edu>
  Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2005 16:26:34 -0500

Safety in the courtroom

Just an interesting observation--I was on jury duty the week after Judge 
Barnes in Atlanta got shot and one of the jury pools I sat on had a violent 
defendant (2 counts of armed robbery).  No less than 8 police were in the 
room with him, 4 of whom were standing directly behind defendant, who was 
in handcuffed.  The courtroom looked like a fortress, to the point I think 
it made jurors a little uneasy to be there.

Steve McBride  

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