Fairfax judge says portraits of white judges could be bias towards defendant - TheGrio
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
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