Ronald Woods v. Richard L. Dugger

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• noting that most of the jurors who were excused either had relatives or close friends who worked in the prison system, knew of the case, or knew witnesses
• noting that the trial judge had to admonish the spectators to keep quiet
• finding that the presence of uniformed prison guards filling over half the gallery, disruptive spectators, the small juror pool, and extensive pre-trial publicity created “an unacceptable risk [of] impermissible factors coming into play”
• noting, however, that not all the signatures were from the county where the officer was killed
• inherent prejudice shown when uniformed prison guards composed half of spectators in packed courtroom in trial for murder of guard, coupled with pretrial publicity
• inherent prejudice shown when uniformed prison guards composed half of spectators in packed courtroom in trial for murder of guard, coupled with pretrial publicity

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