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Samantha Randazzo, 33, gave birth to a baby boy on a courtroom bench in Brooklyn on May 16, 2026, while handcuffed during her arraignment on low-level drug and trespass charges — the latest in a pattern of incidents that have repeatedly exposed the failure to enforce New York's 17-year-old anti-shackling law. The case has prompted five major public defender organizations to demand a joint investigation and has renewed scrutiny of how New York City agencies handle pregnant people in custody.