I have to admit that I worried, at first seeing your post, that as satisfactory as such a trial must be, that the defendant may not be getting a fair and impartial trial under such a judge.
My mate pointed out to me that, while jury selection is often influenced by background of the potential jurors, a judge is would probably be considered effectively impartial just because she (or he) is really a professional. I guess that makes sense.
That said, I hope that, if this is actually the guilty party, that he ends up in a world of very public hurt.
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Date: 2007-01-26 01:55 am (UTC)My mate pointed out to me that, while jury selection is often influenced by background of the potential jurors, a judge is would probably be considered effectively impartial just because she (or he) is really a professional. I guess that makes sense.
That said, I hope that, if this is actually the guilty party, that he ends up in a world of very public hurt.