Judge Tosses Jurys Conviction Of Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions
Judge Tosses Jury’s Conviction Of Woman Who Laughed At Jeff Sessions
A D.C. judge tossed out the conviction of a woman arrested after laughing during Sessions’ Senate confirmation hearing.
By Ryan J. Reilly 07/14/2017 10:34 am ET
WASHINGTON ― A D.C. judge has tossed out a jury’s conviction of a protester who laughed during Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ Senate confirmation hearing, finding on Friday that the government had improperly argued during the trial that her laughter was enough to merit a guilty verdict.
Desiree Fairooz, 61, who was associated with the group Code Pink, had been convicted of disorderly and disruptive conduct and demonstrating inside the Capitol. Fairooz was taken into custody during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in January after she laughed when Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.) claimed Sessions had a “clear and well-documented” record of “treating all Americans equally under the law.” (The Senate rejected Sessions’ nomination for a federal judgeship in the 1980s over concerns about his views on race.)
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