Posted on 07/07/2009 5:12:50 PM PDT by ConservativeStatement
SAN FRANCISCO — A federal appeals court on Tuesday reversed the 2001 murder conviction of a man serving a life prison term for killing the daughter of former Oakland Raiders Hall of Famer Fred Biletnikoff.
In a 43-page ruling, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals found that San Mateo County prosecutors improperly excluded two African-American jurors for racially motivated reasons, tainting the trial of Mohammed Ali. Ali was convicted of first-degree murder in the February 1999 slaying of his girlfriend, Tracey Biletnikoff, in the office of a San Mateo drug treatment center.
Ali always admitted killing Biletnikoff at the treatment center, where the couple was attending meetings, confessing the crime to police after first fleeing to Mexico. But the question for jurors was whether Ali was guilty of premeditated first-degree murder or manslaughter, based on his defense that the killing was provoked by an argument over Ali's relapse into drug use.
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Or Hussein or bin ladin.
Who also happens to be white.
just like the serial killer in Georgia.....released from prison for a life time of crime just last April!
Fred Biletnikoff is a white guy.
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