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A St. Louis cop sent a Black man to prison, but the jury never heard about the officer’s past (www.newsfromthestates.com)

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The officer whose testimony led to Kurtis Watkins’ 25 year sentence had a history of racist social media posts and a mistaken identification of another Black man that led to his death in custody

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[–] p03locke@lemmy.dbzer0.com 11 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

That sounds more like a lawyer fuck up. If the cop was a known racist, then the lawyer should have pressed that angle in the courtroom.

[–] pearsaltchocolatebar 8 points 1 month ago

Sounds like they deserve a new trial, then.