I worked in a police department as a police dispatcher and years, ago, someone from our area called a judge while the Judge was deliberating a case and to make a long story short, the FBI came and "interviewed" the callers at our P.D. They all pleaded ignorance of the law and they were told point blank that there ignorance of the law is no excuse. This is a common sense thing. No one has the right to try and sway a Judges opinion.
Really!
When I called, it was more for an update of where they had the case.
With the exception codified in "Rule of Terri #1" [i.e. people who want Terri dead can lobby judges as they see fit].