And I have spent the past year and two months saying that it was not because I actually READ the statute.
It is really quite clean and clear.
I knew this the day after the shooting.
Judge Schroeder said he spent hours examining the statute and the legislative history.
Big whoop.
Color me not impressed. If as a judge you are saying a lie is truth because you are worried about being called a name you should turn in your judge card.
Life is hard.
It is even harder when you are a coward.
A judge cannot be effective if he is kicked off the court.
Judge Schroeder followed the judicial procedures to the letter.
A judge is not allowed to be the finder of fact.
You are asking Judge Schroeder to be a dictator instead of a judge.
Where did Judge Schroeder say a lie was the truth?
Judge Schroeder is not the judge who allowed the charge to be entered in the first place.
The charge was entered early in the procedings. It was challenged at that time. The judge who allowed it probably was in error, but he likely took the DA at their word in the initial process.
The error was compounded by the standard jury instructions for the crime, which do not even mention the exceptions.