How no-nonsense judge in Karmelo Anthony’s racially charged murder case made sure trial was ironclad

Source: New York Post

MCKINNEY, Texas — A no-nonsense Texas judge ran Karmelo Anthony’s murder trial like a “well-oiled machine” to ensure it was efficient, fair and wouldn’t get overturned, experts said — all while racial tensions have roiled outside the halls of justice. Veteran Judge John Roach Jr. oversaw the Collin County trial that ended with the 19-year-old black teen convicted of murdering white high school jock Austin Metcalf Tuesday and sentenced by a jury to 35 years behind bars — after which Anthony’s grandmother and a crowd of mostly black supporters blasted the outcome as “racist.