Texas appeals court grants new trial for death row inmate Randy Halprin over antisemitic bias.

A Texas appeals court has granted a new trial for Randy Halprin, a Jewish man on death row, due to antisemitic bias exhibited by the presiding judge, Vickers Cunningham. The court found evidence that Cunningham used derogatory language about Jewish individuals, impacting Halprin's original trial and conviction related to the fatal shooting of a police officer by the "Texas 7" gang in 2000. The new trial will reassess Halprin's case.

November 06, 2024
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