The chilling confession tapes of a crazed racist accused of fatally stabbing a black man in Manhattan will be admitted at his trial, according to a ruling disclosed in court Tuesday.
Justice Laura Ward issued a written decision to allow in the damning videotaped admissions James Jackson, 30, made to cops after the March 20, 2017, slaying in Midtown.
Defense lawyers had tried to get the incriminating statements tossed in which Jackson says blacks “need to be exterminated” and calls the killing of can-and-bottle collector Timothy Caughman, 66, practice for “something much bigger.”
The judge also ruled that prosecutors can subpoena a reporter, who interviewed Jackson shortly after his arrest, as a witness, but limited the scope of questioning to what was printed in a news article. A lawyer for the reporter had tried to quash the subpoena.
Jackson’s trial is slated to begin Jan. 23 in Manhattan Supreme Court.