New Jersey Supreme Court finds rap lyrics 'highly prejudicial' to defendant
By Andrew Morgan on Aug 04, 2014 09:14 pm[JURIST] The New Jersey Supreme Court [official website] on Monday upheld an appellate court decision granting a new trial [opinion, PDF] for a defendant whose rap lyrics were introduced against him in an attempted murder trial. Vonte Skinner was convicted in 2008 of shooting his associate Lamont Peterson seven times, causing Peterson's paralysis. Among the evidence introduced against Skinner were rap lyrics he had written in a notebook prior to the shooting depicting "violence, bloodshed, death, maiming, and dismemberment." Writing... +read more
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