DA: Death row inmate should get new trial over judge's bias
HOUSTON (AP) -- A Jewish death row inmate who was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they had escaped is one step
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HOUSTON (AP) -- A Jewish death row inmate who was part of a gang of prisoners who fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after they had escaped is one step
Halprin was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 in the killing of Irving officer Aubrey Hawkins.
Witnesses are now testifying in a hearing that the judge was known to make racial and anti-Semitic comments. Halprin is Jewish.
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals ruled that Randy Halprin has the right to a live evidentiary hearing over claims his judge was anti-Semitic.
From the blog of Kenneth Ryesky at The Times of Israel