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A Black defendant has received a new trial in a Michigan court after a district judge, who is white, said that the defendant “looks like a criminal.” The Washington Post reported that in a 3-0 decision, an appeals court panel of judges ruled to overturn Leron Liggins’s 2021 drug conviction and the decade-long prison sentence…
An appeals court has overturned the conviction of Leron Liggins after Detroit federal judge Stephen Murphy III said that he looked like a criminal.
DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday overturned the drug conviction of a Black man, saying his rights were violated by a Detroit federal judge who was upset over delays in the case and declared...
DETROIT (AP) — An appeals court on Thursday overturned the drug conviction of a black man, saying his rights were violated by a Detroit federal judge who was upset over delays in the case and declared: “This guy looks like a criminal to...
The white judge in Detroit claimed he was fed up with what he perceived to be the defendent's time wasting. He said: 'I’m tired of this case. I’m tired of this defendant. I’m tired of getting the runaround.'