Black Michigan Man Gets Sentence Axed After White Judge's Insult
A white judge said a Black defendant "looked like a criminal" in a hearing, which led a panel of judges to vacate his prison sentence.
Source: theurbandaily.com
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A white judge said a Black defendant "looked like a criminal" in a hearing, which led a panel of judges to vacate his prison sentence.
A federal appeals court has overturned a Michigan defendant’s drug convictions after a Detroit federal judge presiding in the case said the accused man “looks like a criminal to me.”