I reviewed the record with an open mind, and I am convinced, beyond any doubt, that he blew it as a matter of law, and as a matter of construing evidence.
The civil law process being what it is, once found wrong, error is very difficult to reverse. Civil law is ill equipped to handle matters where life itself is the subject of the remedy sought in court.
Yes, none of the anti-terri crowd seems to grasp the irony of a legal machine that puts somebody's life on a par with who gets Grandma's old armoire.
How many years' experience on the bench do you have?