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Share Public defenders raised the issue in a motion titled 'Motion to Remove Portraiture Overwhelmingly Depicting White Jurists Hanging in Trial Courtroom.' 'While to some the issue of portraits might be a trivial matter, to those subject to the justice system it is far from the case,' Bernhard wrote in his ruling, issued Sunday. He said he was concerned that the portraits 'may serve as unintended but implicit symbols that suggest the courtroom may be a place historically administered by whites for whites.' Attorneys stand in front of portraits of white jurists in a Fairfax County courtroom

Virginia judge won't try Black man in courtroom lined with portraits of white jurists By MATTHEW BARAKAT | Associated Press Published  FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) - A Black defendant's right to a fair trial would be harmed if the jury heard the case in a courtroom lined with portraits of white jurists, a northern Virginia judge has ruled. The upcoming trial of Terrance Shipp on charges of eluding police will be held in a courtroom that has no portraits on the wall, said Fairfax County Circuit Court Judge David Bernhard. Bernhard noted that his usual courtroom has no portraits. But jury trials tha...

Updated Dec 23, 2020 Virginia Judge Won’t Try Black Man In Courtroom With White Portraits Judge David Bernhard is concerned that the portraits might suggest the courtroom is "a place historically administered by whites for whites.” Matthew Barakat FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — A Black defendant’s right to a fair trial would be harmed if the jury heard the case in a courtroom lined with portraits of white jurists, a northern Virginia judge has ruled. The upcoming trial of Terrance Shipp on charges of eluding police will be held in a courtroom that has no portraits on the wall, s...

Fairfax judge says portraits of white judges could be bias towards defendant In September, another judge ordered that an image of Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee be removed before a murder trial involving a defendant who was Black Judge David Bernhard of Fairfax County Circuit Court wrote an opinion letter stating Black defendants cannot receive a fair trial in a courtroom filled with portraits of white judges. In the letter that went out Monday, he also said he will not allow such portraits to hang during trials he is proceeding over, per The letter is in response to the case of

  Share Source: AP Photo/Brennan Linsley Well, it looks like if there are portraits that are problematic, it could hold up your day in court. I’m not kidding. In Virginia, the application of our legal system for one black defendant is being held up because a judge doesn’t like that this person will be in a room with portraits of white jurists.  ‘Wokeness’ has infected almost every aspect of American society—and it’s not pretty. And when it starts to leech into the legal system, mayhem will ensue. This is minor league ball compared to what we could all expect from ‘woke’ jud...