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Courts in England are reportedly looking to scrap the requirement for barristers to wear traditional wigs amid claims that they discriminate against lawyers with “Afro-Caribbean hair”. The iconic manner of dress in English courtrooms may become wokism’s latest scalp as demands have been made to abandon the requirement of barristers to wear wigs in front of the court because they are “culturally insensitive”, The Telegraph reports.

Picture credit:Jonathan Cohen for The New York Times Lawrence Jacobs, whose son will be retried on capital murder charges, said prosecutors made light of the death penalty with their neckwear, which featured images of the Grim Reaper and a noose NEW ORLEANS, Jan. 3 — When Lawrence Jacobs walked into the courtroom a few weeks ago, he couldn't believe his eyes. There was a noose swinging from the prosecutor's chest. Mr. Jacobs's son is being tried on capital murder charges. The noose was on a necktie. Then he saw it again. This time two prosecutors were wearing ghoulish ties, one...