

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article ... s-day.html
http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/27/justice/c ... google_cnnColorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will wear a hidden harness under his clothes to restrain him during his trial, which will have the largest jury pool in state history.
Judge Carlos Samour Jr. will send out 5,000 jury summons and expects at least 3,200 people will end up in court, he ruled on Thursday.
Yes, it is normal, actually. They rarely sequester jurors anymore and they usually do have access to their cell phones. I'm not sure about computers.gwynned wrote:http://www.cnn.com/2013/06/27/justice/c ... google_cnnColorado theater shooting suspect James Holmes will wear a hidden harness under his clothes to restrain him during his trial, which will have the largest jury pool in state history.
Judge Carlos Samour Jr. will send out 5,000 jury summons and expects at least 3,200 people will end up in court, he ruled on Thursday.
We are later told the jurors will not be sequestered nor will they be denied access to computers or phones outside the courtroom. Is that normal in such a high profile case?
And how weird is it that Holmes will neither be handcuffed or shackled and that the 'harness' (whatever that might be) would not be visible to the jurors.
Unfortunately, there are people who care but feel helpless. Many seem to be bracing themselves, waiting for opportunities to get different elected leaders to turn it around. It doesn't look good.Few care about this and it's troubling.
http://news.yahoo.com/jury-selection-be ... soc_trk=fbAn almost unrecognizable James Holmes appeared in court on Tuesday in the death penalty case in which he is accused of a murderous rampage at a Colorado movie theater.
Holmes — who since his July 2012 arrest has sported wild orange hair and later, mutton-chop sideburns — is now clean-cut, and he appeared in civilian clothes during an introductory hearing before jury selection, which began Tuesday afternoon.
Several courtroom observers did a double take before they realized it was Holmes sitting at the defense table. His dark hair was neatly trimmed and was wearing pleated khaki pants, a striped button-down blue shirt, a charcoal sports jacket and tortoiseshell glasses. It was the first time Holmes has appeared in court in something other than a jail jumpsuit. He wore no cuffs on his wrists, but a hidden cable kept him tethered to the floor.
No cameras were allowed in the courtroom, but a sketch artist was present. Those images are expected later.