Washington Court Holds (2-1) Prosecutors Didn't Improperly "Play[] into Religious or Cultural Prejudices" in Trial of Iraqi Immigrant Husband for Murdering Wife

Some short excerpts from yesterday's long opinion in State v. Darraji (Wash. App.), written by Judge Tracy Staab and joined by Chief Judge Robert Lawrence-Berrey: Prosecutors are prohibited from injecting improper bias into a trial by playing into religious or cultural prejudices. But not all…