Jasmine Crockett Pushes False Jury Claims After Karmelo Anthony Gets 35 Years
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Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Jasmine Crockett Pushes False Jury Claims After Karmelo Anthony Gets 35 Years
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Jun 10
Summary
A 35-year sentence for Karmelo Anthony in the murder of Austin Metcalf set off protests and online attacks led by Rep. Jasmine Crockett, who questioned the verdict as racially biased.
Trial sources said Crockett's central claim was false: the 12-person jury was not all white, but included three racial minorities; among 18 jurors and alternates, six were minorities.
The nine-day Texas trial found Anthony intentionally stabbed Metcalf at a 2025 track meet after refusing repeated orders to leave a team tent, with witnesses saying Metcalf was fatally knifed after a light shove.
Outside the McKinney courthouse, activists including Dominique Alexander echoed unsupported claims about an all-white jury and judicial interference, while former prosecutor Cully Stimson said any appeal could include a Batson jury-selection challenge.