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Judge declares mistrial in Prairieland ICE shooting trial over lawyer’s ‘politically charged’ shirt
A mistrial was declared after a defense attorney wore a civil rights shirt that a judge said risked biasing jurors in a federal terrorism trial.
- In the Fort Worth federal court, U.S. District Judge Mark Pittman declared a mistrial Tuesday after defense attorney Marquetta Clayton wore a T-shirt displaying civil rights icons.
- The backstory: prosecutors allege nine defendants planned an ambush at the Prairieland ICE Detention Center on July 4, 2025, igniting fireworks, damaging property, and firing on federal officers.
- During voir dire, prosecutors flagged a concealed shirt that Clayton wore depicting Martin Luther King Jr. and Shirley Chisholm, and a U.S. Attorney raised concerns about its political message.
- The entire pool of potential jurors was dismissed and jury selection will restart Monday with a new jury panel, delaying the trial as no new trial date has been set.
- Defense attorneys opposed the mistrial and some dismissed jurors said they never saw the shirt or would have been influenced, while Lowrey, sister of Savanna Batten, defended her on Tuesday.
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Washington, Feb. 17, (EFE).- A federal judge in Texas declared Tuesday a mistrial of nine people accused of crimes related to an attack in July 2025 against an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in Alvarado, after the defense raised questions over visible messages to potential jurors. Federal judge Mark Pittman made the decision before the initial pleadings began, after the prosecution objected that one of the defense l…
Judge torches DOJ's antifa 'terrorism' trial claiming lawyer's shirt poisoned jury minds
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