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Confederate memorabilia

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — An appeals court in Tennessee ruled a defendant convicted of aggravated assault and other charges is entitled to a new trial because the state failed to prove he wasn’t prejudiced by the jury’s exposure to Confederate memorabilia in a Giles County Courthouse room used for deliberations.

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