A U.S. appeals court has overturned a Black man's drug conviction and 10-1/2 year prison sentence, citing a Detroit judge's 'inappropriate remarks' before trial stating that the defendant 'looks like a criminal.'
Defendant's case will be reassigned for new trial
"We are highly concerned by this remark, especially when directed toward Liggins, an African American man," Clay wrote. "Even if one were to assume a lack of racial bias on the part of the district judge, the remark nevertheless raises the specter of such bias." Clay said that was the wrong call. Allowing Liggins' heroin distribution-related conviction to stand when the judge should have been disqualified "would substantially undermine the public's confidence in the judicial process," he wrote.
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