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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Ed White

Court throws out conviction after judge says Black man 'looks like a criminal to me'

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An appeals court on Thursday overturned the drug conviction of a Black man, saying his rights were violated by a Detroit federal judge who was upset over delays in the case and declared: “This guy looks like a criminal to me.”

“Such remarks are wholly incompatible with the fair administration of justice,” the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.

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