I have no legal training at all but I have watched all the Perry Mason shows several times.
Actually I am not kidding. You can learn a lot from those TV shows. One thing which stands out is more than once Perry has told the judge that his client is on trial for murder and he should be allowed a lot of leeway. The judge always agrees.
The judge in the Zimmerman trial seems to think that he is guilty until proven innocent and it is her job to make sure the trial is unfair.
This judge is dirty! Yeah I said it. If Holder et al stirred up protests to fire the Chief of Police and demote the Lead Detective in the case you can damned sure bet a message was presented in one way or another she needed to try to throw the case in favor of the persecutors. Corey is dispicable!