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Nov 09, 2020
State of Tennessee v. Christopher Bassett, Jr.
Christopher Bassett, Jr. was convicted for the murder in 2015 and in 2020, an amicus brief was filed on his behalf. The state introduced a drill rap music video featuring Bassett and six other men, following in a pattern of treating rap music as inherently incriminating.
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