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Tim Gilbert, a black man who was sentenced to six years in prison for an altercation by an all-white jury, will receive a new trial after the jury deliberated in a room adorned with a Confederate flag.

Tim Gilbert was convicted in Tennessee by a panel which met in a room maintained by a Confederate heritage group

A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white jury that deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols

A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white jury that deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols.

Tim Gilbert had been serving prison time in Tennessee for an alleged December 2018 assault that a three-judge panel ordered to be retried.

A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white jury that deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols

The ruling found the mans defense provided enough evidence to show how a jury could be influenced while deliberating in a such room.

A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white jury that deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols.

A Tennessee appeals court has granted a new trial for a Black man who was convicted of aggravated assault by an all-white jury that deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols.

A Tennessee appeals court granted Tim Gilbert a new trial after jurors deliberated in a room named after the United Daughters of the Confederacy.