Article: ETHNIC BIAS CHARGED IN DRUG SENTENCING.(CAPITAL REGION)

Byline: Associated Press

NEW YORK A federal appeals court has ordered the resentencing of aChina-born heroin dealer after a judge told her at sentencing, ``We have enough home-grown criminals in the United States without importing them.''

The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in a ruling late Monday said Judge John Keenan created the appearance of bias due to ethnic origin or alien status when he commented at the ...

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