Texas Seven escapee deserves a new trial, judge says
Randy Halprin, who is Jewish, argued he didnt receive a fair trial because former State District Judge Vickers Cunningham was prejudiced against him.
Texas Seven prison escapee Randy Halprin should get a new trial because the judge in his 2003 capital murder trial harbored anti-Semitic views, a state district judge recommended Monday.
Halprin, who is Jewish, has argued he didnt receive a fair trial because former State District Judge Vickers Cunningham was prejudiced against him. The states highest criminal court, the Court of Criminal Appeals, halted Halprins scheduled execution in 2019 and sent the case to Judge Lela Mays for review.
Halprin, 44, was convicted and sentenced to death for his role in the killing of Irving police Officer Aubrey Hawkins on Christmas Eve 2000. He has denied being one of the men who shot Hawkins. Before escaping prison in 2000, Halprin was serving a 30-year sentence for beating a child in Tarrant County.
Mays issued her recommendation Monday. The appeals judges will make the final decision on a new trial.
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