La Red Hispana: Learn about the Republican strategy to court the Latino vote
This excerpt is translated from a piece that originally ran on August 27, 2024.
In its profile of Judge Barker, the Alliance for Justice (AFJ) notes that the judge worked on a highly controversial case in which Texas sought to retry an intellectually disabled man who, after his murder conviction was overturned on appeal, spent 32 years in prison.
“Barker defended the state’s efforts to execute an African-American man based, in part, on the testimony of a psychologist who said the defendant’s race made him statistically more likely to commit a violent crime,” the filing says.
And one wonders: What is the logic behind this Republican strategy of seeking to unnecessarily offend minorities, especially the Latino community?