Entries tagged with “Randy Halprin”
Facts & Research
Religion
,Upcoming Executions
,Sep 09, 2019
Coalition of Jewish Organizations Seeks New Trial for Jewish Death-Row Prisoner in Texas Tried by Anti-Semitic Judge
A coalition of national and local Jewish organizations and lawyers have asked the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals to stop the scheduled October 10, 2019 execution of a Jewish death-row prisoner to review his claim that the judge before whom he was tried was racist and anti-Semitic. Randy Halprin (pictured) was convicted and sentenced to death in a trial presided over by Dallas County Judge Vickers Cunningham, who referred to Halprin as a…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Race
,Religion
,Jan 03, 2023
Court Recommends New Trial for Texas Death-Row Prisoner, Finding Rights Violated by Trial Judge’s Virulent Anti-Semitism
A Dallas County judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of a Jewish death-row prisoner be overturned because his trial was poisoned by the virulent anti-Semitic bigotry of the Texas judge who presided over his…
Policy Issues
Mental Illness
,Race
,Upcoming Executions
,Oct 04, 2019
Texas Courts Halt Two Imminent Executions
Texas state courts have halted the executions of two condemned prisoners who had been facing imminent execution dates. On October 4, 2019, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals stayed the October 10 execution of Randy Halprin (pictured, left) and directed a Dallas trial court to consider his claim that the religious bigotry of the judge who presided over his case denied him a fair trial before an impartial tribunal. The previous day, a Henderson County District…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Race
,Religion
,Sep 29, 2022
Texas District Attorney Recommends New Trial for Jewish Death-Row Prisoner Tried Before Anti-Semitic Judge
A Texas district attorney has asked a Dallas judge to overturn the capital murder conviction of Jewish death-row prisoner Randy Halprin (pictured) because of the virulent anti-Semitism of the judge who presided over his trial and death sentence. On September 27, 2022, the second day of the Jewish high holy day of Rosh Hashanah, Tarrant County District Attorney Sharen Wilson filed a legal memorandum with proposed findings of…
Policy Issues
Arbitrariness
,Race
,Jul 09, 2019
Texas Sets Execution Date For Jewish Prisoner Who Alleges Judge Was Racist and Anti-Semitic
A Texas county court has set an execution date for a Jewish death-row prisoner despite his pending federal appeal alleging that the judge who presided over his trial and sentencing should have been removed from the case because of his bigoted racist and anti-Semitic views. On July 3, 2019, Dallas County Judge Lela Mays set an October 10 execution date for Randy Halprin, while he is actively litigating a claim that former Judge Vickers Cunningham repeatedly referred to Halprin…
Policy Issues
Race
,Religion
,Oct 13, 2021
Texas Trial Court Recommends New Trial for Jewish Death-Row Prisoner Tried Before Racist and Anti-Semitic Judge
A Texas judge has recommended that the conviction and death sentence of death-row prisoner Randy Halprin (pictured), who is Jewish, be overturned because of the religious bigotry of the judge presiding over his…
Facts & Research
Religion
,United States Supreme Court
,Apr 10, 2020
U.S. Supreme Court Declines to Review Texas Judicial Bigotry Case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to review the case of Jewish death-row prisoner Randy Halprin (pictured), who was tried and sentenced to death in Texas before a judge who made anti-Semitic and racist comments about Halprin and his co-defendants. The April 6, 2020 decision marked the second time in less than two months that the Court has declined to review a controversial Texas death-penalty case in the wake of stays of execution that left…