Ohio Court Grants New Murder Trial Due To Race Bias Worry

By Elizabeth Daley ( September 22, 2025, 6:01 PM EDT) -- A Black man sentenced to more than 37 years for murder and other charges is owed a new trial, an Ohio appeals court found, because his attorney should have been able to question potential jurors regarding racial bias regardless of the fact that the victim was also Black....

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