Pearl v. Cason.

• Position: ACCESS TO COURT - Brief Article

U.S. District Court

RESTRAINTS

Pearl v. Cason, 219 F.Supp.2d 820 (E.D. Mich. 2002). An offender petitioned for habeas corpus relief and the district court denied the petition. The court held that shackling the prisoner did not deprive him of a fair trial. The offender's leg had been shackled during his trial, but the court found that the offender failed to show that the jury was able to see his leg chains. The court noted that the...