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A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was improperly admitted and the jury deliberated in a room filled with
A Tennessee court has decided a Black man convicted of aggravated assault deserves a new trial because evidence was improperly admitted and the jury deliberated in a room filled with tributes to the Confederacy, according to court documents.
A Black man whose fate was decided by an all-white Tennessee jury who deliberated in a room containing Confederate symbols will receive a new trial.
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.
A Tennessee appeals court granted Tim Gilbert a new trial after jurors deliberated in a room named after the United Daughters of the Confederacy.