{"id":16515,"date":"2018-02-26T11:50:56","date_gmt":"2018-02-26T16:50:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=16515"},"modified":"2018-12-28T10:50:45","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T15:50:45","slug":"new-jersey-supreme-court-rules-immigration-dangerous-simple-minded-jurors-hear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2018\/02\/26\/new-jersey-supreme-court-rules-immigration-dangerous-simple-minded-jurors-hear\/","title":{"rendered":"New Jersey Supreme Court Rules Immigration Too Dangerous for Simple-Minded Jurors to Hear About"},"content":{"rendered":"
On January 18, in a unanimous opinion<\/a>, the New Jersey Supreme Court threw out illegal alien Alexis Sanchez-Medina\u2019s<\/a> six convictions for sex crimes against four different women in the summer of 2012.\u00a0 Ultimately, the justices imposed this dangerous and completely unnecessary outcome on everyone in the state because they believe hearing evidence about an individual\u2019s immigration status makes jurors incapable of rational thought.<\/p>\n At trial, Sanchez-Medina chose to take the stand and testify in his own defense.\u00a0 During cross-examination, the prosecutor asked him if he\u2019d entered the country illegally, and over defense objection, the jury learned he had. \u00a0The jury convicted him on all counts, and the trial judge sentenced him to 18 1\/2 years in prison.<\/p>\n In response to his first appeal, the State conceded they were wrong to have asked Sanchez-Medina about his immigration status.\u00a0 They argued, however, the error hadn\u2019t so clearly prejudiced him to require reversal and a new trial.\u00a0 A three-judge appellate court panel agreed almost completely, affirming five of his six convictions.<\/p>\n