Appeals court tosses conviction of black man whose judge said "this guy looks like a criminal to me"

U.S. District Judge Stephen Murphy III, faced with black defendent Leron Liggins, said that "this guy looks like a criminal to me" before presiding over Liggins' conviction on heroin charges and sentencing to 10 years' imprisonment. The verdict was thrown out today by the 6th U.S. — Read the rest