A California judge delayed the trial of an Egyptian immigrant accused of murdering a child because he did not believe the man could receive a fair trial after last week’s terror attacks in New York and Washington. Judge Richard Witherspoon reportedly made the decision because the 163-member jury pool all has strong views about the death penalty or people of Middle Eastern descent after the Sept. 11 attacks.
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