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 should have his conviction overturned and get a new trial because the judge who presided over his case “harbored antisemitic bias," according to a court ruling.
Randy Halprin, a Jewish member of the "Texas 7," argues that the judge who convicted and sentenced him had an antisemitic bias that infringed on his right to an impartial trial.
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 should have his conviction overturned and get a new trial because the judge who presided over his case “harbored antisemitic bias," according to a court ruling.
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 should have
Randy Halprin was part of the "Texas 7," who escaped from a prison in 2000 and then committed numerous robberies, including one in which they fatally shot a police officer.