Do I hear MISTRIAL?
He would be granted a retrial on that incident alone. That was the most unprofessional behavior I have ever seen.
Some legal expert on Fox last night said that it wouldn’t be grounds for a mistrial because the jury wasn’t in the room when it occurred, can anybody confirm that because I was under the impression that they were?
This case certainly has put a lie to the claim that we have an “independent and impartial judiciary” in this country. But then again honest people knew that since 1973 when the SCOTUS legalized the wholesale killing of innocent human life. Once they acquiesced to that abomination, these “judges” are capable of any crime.
She’s hardly being an impartial judge, and her behavior is grounds for an appeal at the very least, if not a mistrial.
While I find the behavior of this judge unprofessional and out of line, I was watching Judge Janine on Fox yesterday, and she totally defended the judge. She said because the defense was so close to resting their case, it was the duty of the judge to make sure the defendant knew they had the option of testifying, because sometimes, the defense counsel would keep the defendant from being able to to do...so she was saying this judge was right to do what she did.
I’ve listened to Judge Janine on a lot of stuff and she’s usually spot on...so I’m not sure what to take of her input on this. I’d think as a judge, she’d know, but defending such rude (and seemingly biased) behavior from a judge? ....not sure
I think the Judge is keenly aware of the repercussions of this case, and is doing everything she can to come across as being enlightened and not racist. Yet, I believe, time and history will call her bluff and her actions will be seen for what they are.
Meanwhile, an hispanic man is shot and killed by a black man in FL:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3042050/posts
I have been saying that it isn’t uncustomary for a judge to ask a question like this, to get it on the record so a defendant can’t use his/her non-testimony as grounds for a retrial.
Then I watched this video, and it was surrealistic the lengths to which this judge went to, to push her point. I’m not qualified to say if she was totally off base or not, but from a layman’s point of view, this seems inappropriate and excessive.
She tipped her hand as to how inappropriate it was, by telegraphing that Zimmerman still had time to decide if he wanted to testify or not. She also seemed to be somewhat abusive by asking if he thought he could decide by the end of the day, after two more people had testified.
Why the bum’s rush here? Seems to me the appropriate time to ask this question, was at the end of the defense presentation, when a decision would have to be made by.
One of the attorneys made the same point. This isn’t the appropriate time your honor.
I’m not sure this woman is evil more than incompetent though. She should have known better than to do this. I wouldn’t be surprised if she gets some form of reprimand for this.