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Three former Memphis police officers who were convicted in the fatal beating of Tyre Nichols, will get a new trial.

U.S. District Judge Sheryl H. Lipman issued the new trial order on Friday after defense lawyers argued that the judge who presided over their clients’ case was biased in his belief that at least one of the men was in a gang.

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Tadarrius Bean, Demetrius Haley, and Justin Smith, convicted in October 2024 of witness tampering related to the cover-up, will receive a new trial.

All were convicted of witness tampering related to the cover-up of the beating, but Bean and Smith were acquitted of civil rights charges.

Haley was acquitted of violating Nichols’ civil rights causing death, but convicted of the lesser charge of violating

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