[JamesP81]

With a sense of satisfaction that she said she had never before expressed so openly in court, a state judge sentenced a man to the maximum prison term yesterday for raping a woman at knifepoint in Manhattan 32 years ago. And the woman he raped was allowed to tell her attacker what she thought of him, calling him a "violent, rabid beast."

It's good that this guy got put away, but some of the actions by the judge are disturbing. There is a trend in this nation to introduce emotion into a court of law, where it has no place. To allow such unchecked emotion in an open court room is a mockery of what remains of our justice system. At least in this case, the badguy got put away, but when judges start allowing displays like this in a court of law I fear for our justice system, and by extension, everyone who is a citizen of this country.

[aculeus]

There is a trend in this nation to introduce emotion into a court of law, where it has no place.

Right. And let's give a bright shiny medal to this lawyer-boy ...

"That thing," she said, indicating Mr. Worrell with only the slightest nod of her head, "and his attorney accused me of being his whore, and said he was my pimp, and said we tussled over money."

[Onelifetogive]

There is a trend in this nation to introduce emotion into a court of law, where it has no place.

I agree. It has always bothered me that victim's family members get to testify about their loss and pain. There is NO right to murder someone in this country, EVEN if the person is a JERK and NO ONE will miss them....

[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

I wonder if this judge had expressed some other, non-PC emotion whether there would be a civil lawsuit trying to get this case thrown out. It's acceptable, to the Left, so long as it is a PC outburst -- like those you see on just about every law/crime show on the MSM. The perp is almost always a white male and at the end of the show is reduced to a blubbering pile of jelly by some authority figure.

[HoustonCurmudgeon]

Justice system? No sir, we have a system of laws, justice was misplaced some time ago.