Court Room Attacks

[wisco]

I just watched a couple of videos where family members of (murder) victims have attacked the suspect in the courtroom.

Are those people charged with any kind of assault? And, do the charges hold up?

I'm not necessarily one to promote vigilantism, but I can certainly understand where they are coming from.

[mcsap]

It would just depend.

In the late 80's , I had JUST finished testifying in a 3rd degree case where the stop mom beat to death the " new " son she became responsible for through marriage to death. I was the only officer in uniform and laeft the courtroom to go back on patrol.

As soon as I left , the actual mom attcked the accused person. Nobody was injured, just a " catfight" that was dispersed by the detectives in the courtroom. I don't think there were any charges.

The mom certainly could have pled insanity ?