NATION : Farrakhan Can See Barry Trial
The judge presiding over the drug and perjury trial of Mayor Marion Barry reversed himself today and said two black leaders will be admitted as spectators.
U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson said Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan and Imani Temple Bishop George A. Stallings Jr. will be permitted to attend the trial as long as they “observe the proprieties of the court.”
Last week the judge refused to allow the two in as spectators, saying their presence would be potentially disruptive and intimidating.
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