A Black man in the state of Michigan has had his drug conviction vacated because a white district court judge said the man “looks like a criminal to me,” according to a federal appellate court ruling.

An appeals court called a federal judge’s comment “wholly incompatible with the fair administration of justice” and ordered a new trial. By Chang Che A federal appeals court on Thursday overturned the ...

(The Hill) – A Black defendant has received a new trial in a Michigan court after a district judge, who is white, said that the defendant “looks like a criminal.” The Washington Post reported that in ...

A convicted heroin trafficker won a new trial — and a new judge — Thursday after a federal appeals court panel vacated his conviction and 10½-year federal prison sentence, saying his trial judge made ...