I’ve been following the Delphi murder case. There are hints it may be something bigger: the bail was set at 20 million dollars! And the judge has recused himself, after asking for help to shield him from this STORM.
Delphi case:
Under the state’s Code of Judicial Conduct, there are several reasons that would require a judge to step away from a case. They includes if the judge has “a personal bias or prejudice concerning a party or a party’s lawyer” or if they have personal knowledge of disputed facts for the case. Having a close, personal relationship to someone involved in the case or having a third degree of relationship to someone in the case also disqualifies a judge.
Probable Cause is sealed.
“I’ll bet I filed close to 1,000 murder cases as a prosecutor, and when a suspect was in custody, not once did I ever file to seal the probable cause,” said former Lake County, Indiana, prosecutor Jack Crawford
Novella Nedeff, who spent nearly two decades as a public defender and now teaches law at Indiana University. “I dare say on the state level, I can’t think of ever hearing of a probable cause affidavit being held 30 days after an arrest was made.”