Wednesday, January 07, 2015
Idaho Court Throws Out Conviction After Prosecutor Recites 'Dixie' - NBC News
Don't the facts of the case matter? See what you think of this...
NBCnews had this post by M. Alex Johnson on their website:
"The man, James D. Kirk, 46, was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his 2013 conviction on charges of lewd conduct and sexual battery of a minor child. But in a ruling made public this week, the Idaho Court of Appeals overturned Kirk's conviction, finding that Canyon County Deputy Prosecutor Erica Kallin's recitation of 'Dixie' during closing arguments unconstitutionally tainted his trial by 'injecting the risk of racial prejudice into the case.'"
