Ohio judge order police to tape defendant mouth shut in open court

[CanadianJudo]

how is this legal?

Franklyn Williams, 32, is accused of three armed robberies in the Cleveland area, WJW reports.

During a court appearance, Williams refused to stop speaking despite more than a dozen warnings from Judge John Russo. The judge then handled the situation by ordering deputies to tape the defendant’s mouth shut.

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/ohio-judge-orders-inmate-s-mouth-to-be-duct-taped-shut-during-sentencing/1344019603

[DougBH]

@CanadianJudo

how is this legal?

Franklyn Williams, 32, is accused of three armed robberies in the Cleveland area, WJW reports.

During a court appearance, Williams refused to stop speaking despite more than a dozen warnings from Judge John Russo. The judge then handled the situation by ordering deputies to tape the defendant’s mouth shut.

https://www.nbc4i.com/news/state-news/ohio-judge-orders-inmate-s-mouth-to-be-duct-taped-shut-during-sentencing/1344019603

It took about ten seconds to find a study done on the subject. Read away.

https://chicagounbound.uchicago.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1257&context=uclf

[zantax]

He apologized and recused himself from the case already. He should have just removed him from court instead.

[conan]

OK that’s funny.