3 officers ordered to have new trials in death of Tyre Nichols
U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman ordered retrials for three former officers due to constitutional concerns over bias by the original judge, impacting witness tampering convictions.
- Three former Memphis officers were convicted of obstructing justice through witness tampering in the 2023 beating death of Tyre Nichols after a traffic stop.
- Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was pulled from his car, pepper-sprayed, Tased and then beaten by five Black officers after he fled the traffic stop.
- Nichols died three days after the beating, which was captured on video and prompted nationwide protests and calls for police reform.
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New Federal Trial For Tyre Nichols Case Ordered
Source: The Washington Post / Getty On Thursday (Aug. 28), a federal judge ordered a new trial for three former Memphis Police Department officers who were found guilty in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, a FedEx worker, in 2023. Chief Judge Sheryl H. Lipman cited the appearance of bias as the primary reason, pointing to comments made by the judge who had previously overseen the trial made afterward, suggesting that one of the defendants was a…
New Trial Ordered for 3 Memphis Ex-officers in Connection With Death of Tyre Nichols - The Thinking Conservative
A judge ordered a new trial Thursday for three former Memphis police officers who were convicted of federal charges in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols The post New Trial Ordered for 3 Memphis Ex-officers in Connection With Death of Tyre Nichols appeared first on The Thinking Conservative.
Judge Orders New Trial For 3 Ex-Memphis Cops Involved In Fatal Tyre Nichols Beating
Source: Twitter / Twitter A federal judge has ordered a new trial for three former Memphis, Tennessee, police officers who were convicted of federal charges in connection with the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols. According to NPR, on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued a new trial for ex-officers Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley and Justin Smith, who were convicted in October 2024 of witness tampering and acquitted of the more ser…
Judge orders new trial of 3 Memphis officers accused in Tyre Nichols’ death
A federal judge ordered new trials for three former Memphis police officers — all convicted on federal charges relating to the death of Tyre Nichols — after their lawyers alleged the trial judge of being biased when he accused one of the men of belonging to a gang. The judge’s accusation came after learning his clerk suffered a gunshot wound to the chest. Judge Sheryl Lipman approved a new trial, writing that a communication notice federal pros…
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