A Queens judge on Thursday tossed the decades-old convictions of two men — including for the attempted murder of a cop that landed on The Post’s front page — because the prosecutor intentionally excluded women and minorities from the juries.

Supreme Court Justice Joseph Zaya overturned the convictions of defendants Paul Morant and Santiago Valdez at the request of their lawyers and the Queens District Attorney’s Office.

“Although the evidence of discrimination in jury selection does not raise any question about the defendants’ guilt, the law is clear,” said DA Melinda Katz at the hearing, which was conducted by video. “A conviction obtained through these discriminatory practices cannot be permitted to stand.”

The DA said her office would retry both defendants — including Morant for shooting NYPD Officer Keith Schweers twice in the chest at close range. The judge ordered them held without bail while they await new trials.

The surprising move comes after the DA became aware of notes in both defendants’ case files that showed that Assistant DA Christopher McGrath, who resigned in 1997, had used discriminatory guidelines in selecting jurors.

The guidelines showed a preference for white jurors and suggested excluding Jews, Hispanics, Italians, mothers, grandmothers and black jurors from certain neighborhoods.

“Get White jurors,” the hand-written notes state. “No Jews…don’t want to [sic] many women.”

If the defendant is Italian, then no Italians, he wrote. But he suggests under no circumstances should a Greek juror be chosen. “Greeks drop everybody,” he added.

The guidelines include a list of Queens neighborhoods annotated with their ethnic and racial makeup and ranked by number in favorability.

“Howard Beach Good but other B’s will fight them,” he wrote, referencing blacks. “Far Rockaway Good is good solid B person. Lose W’s in Far Rock.”

Investigators interviewed McGrath, who admitted he consulted the bigoted guidelines during jury selection in both cases.  

In 1996, Morant, 55, was convicted of first-degree attempted murder, assault and other charges for shooting Schweers twice in the chest during a stop. The shots struck Schweers’ kevlar vest and he survived, according to prosecutors.

The shooting captured the city’s attention and landed Schweers on The Post’s front page under the headline “Saved By His Vest” on Oct. 31, 1995.

Morant was arrested at the scene. He’s currently serving 25-years-to-life at Shawangunk Correctional Facility, prison records show.

Valdez, 59, was also convicted in 1996 but for a double homicide after he gunned down Danny Velez and Arley Zapata.

Valdez fired two shots into the closed door of a nightclub striking the two men, authorities said.

Eyewitnesses identified Valdez and the murder weapon was found in his apartment.

He’s serving 40-years-to-life at Green Haven Correctional Facility, records show.

“We acknowledge the emotional pain revisiting these cases will cause for Officer Schweers and the families of Mr. Velez and Mr. Zapata,” Katz said.

“However, the unconstitutional exclusion of qualified jurors based on race, religion, ethnicity or sex imposes real harm to our community and diminishes confidence in our system of justice.”

The president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, Paul DiGiacomo, said his group understands the DA’s position — but added that Morant was clearly guilty.  

“He must be re-tried for his brazen attempted murder of Detective Keith Schweers,” DiGiacomo said in a statement.

“The hero officer and those he proudly served deserve nothing less. Detective Schweers is ready to testify again and courageously face the coward who attempted to kill him — ensuring he is locked up for good and New Yorkers are safe.”