Stop! Or My Guards Will Shoot!

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Maybe criminal lawyers already know the answer to this, but neither I nor the judge knows.  Can US Marshalls assigned to supervise a person out on bail shoot him if he attempts to escape?

According to the New York Daily News (ht: ABA Law Journal), U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff “asked prosecutors and Dreier’s lawyers to research the issue before he decides whether to free Dreier on bail with 24-hour armed security.”

If I were Dreier, I’d pay for that research myself.  That information would play a very important role in my plans.

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