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Ninth Circuit Acknowledges Prisoner’s Right to Extended Voir Dire in Suit Alleging Abuse by Idaho Jail Officials

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals held that a lower court abused its discretion in refusing a prisoner's voir dire inquiry into potential juror bias for law enforcement.

Floyd Darbin was a prisoner at Idaho's Canyon County Jail, when Sheriff George Nourse assaulted and battered him, then withheld his mail ...

 

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