Texas 7 inmate says judge who sent him to death row is a bigot, so he deserves a new trial
An inmate condemned to die for his role in the Texas 7 prison escape says the Dallas judge who put him on death row is a bigot and a racist who should have recused himself from the case, according to a federal court filing appealing the man's conviction.
Randy Halprin filed the appeal saying that former state District Judge Vickers "Vic" Cunningham was prejudiced against him because he is Jewish and routinely used derogatory and offensive language about Jewish people, Catholics, African Americans and Hispanics. Halprin said the courts should grant him a new trial.
Halprin's attorneys wrote in the appeal, called a writ of habeas corpus, that Cunningham regularly spoke the N-word, condemned "the [expletive] Jews" and used other slurs to describe racial minorities.
The Dallas Morning News reported last year that Cunningham, who is white, rewarded his children with a trust if they married someone who is white, Christian and of the opposite sex.
Read more: https://www.dallasnews.com/news/crime/2019/06/11/texas-7-inmate-says-judge-sent-death-rowis-bigot-deserves-new-trial-halprin-aubrey-hawkins
