A U.S. appeals court has found that a federal judge wrongly stopped a January 6, 2021, defendant from striking a potential juror who couldn't view the defendant as innocent. The court rebuffed claims of jury bias in the case and denied the defendant's bid to have the sentence tossed due to a perceived Democratic-leaning jury pool in Washington.
Court Finds Error In Jan. 6 Case, But Obama Judge Rules Against Convict https://t.co/S0B4KiWLKw
Court Finds Error in Jan. 6 Case, but Rules Against Convict https://t.co/HqnMtXoqPw
He had argued in court documents that the jury pool in Washington was “simply too Democratic, too connected to the federal government, and too steeped in January 6th news coverage to produce twelve unbiased jurors.” https://t.co/GugqCEc9Mj
Court shoots down Jan. 6 defendant’s bid to have sentence tossed because of large Dem jury pool https://t.co/BBViLiCqYi
Court Shoots Down Jan. 6 Defendant's Bid To Have Sentence Tossed Because Of Large Dem Jury Pool https://t.co/ve0mrE5jlP
Federal appeals court rebuffs claims of D.C. jury bias in Jan. 6 case https://t.co/UTGfHzVwm5
A federal judge wrongly stopped a #Jan6, 2021, defendant from striking a potential juror who admitted he could not view the defendant as presumptively innocent, a U.S. appeals court has found. https://t.co/7tHHTP9Re0