Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Defendant killed in courtroom by Deputy U.S. Marshall

A criminal defendant in Salt Lake City federal court was shot and killed by a Deputy U.S. Marshall when he charged a witness armed with a pencil or pen.  Fortunately, such killing are extremely rare.  One has to wonder if this was lawful use of force.
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  1. 44April 23, 2014 at 10:03 AM

    See http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJZ2GyzIbX0 for a computer graphics reenactment of the event.

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  2. AnonymousApril 23, 2014 at 5:12 PM

    Three or four inches of pencil into an eye-socket would probably cause a decline in one's happiness.

    Art

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