Judge in George Zimmerman case offers to recuse herself (Husband has ties to CNN)

Yahoo! News / The Orlando Sentinel ^ | April 13, 2012 | Liz Goodwin

[2ndDivisionVet]

A Florida judge on Friday offered to recuse herself from the George Zimmerman case in a surprise hearing because of her husband's ties to a CNN legal analyst and commentator.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that Judge Jessica Recksiedler disclosed that her husband works for Mark NeJame, a prominent Orlando attorney, in the five-minute hearing Friday afternoon. In addition to working for his law firm, NeJame sounds off on the Zimmerman case for CNN. It's unclear if either attorney will take Recksiedler up on her offer and ask her to step aside....

[2ndDivisionVet]

Ethics? Would that Justices Sotomayor and Kagan had a tenth of hers.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Let’s see how Zimmerman’s attorney handles this.

The judge admits her conflict, and bias.

[Drill Thrawl]

The judge admits her conflict, and bias.

I hope that is the case but I feel it is more to keep the NBPP from creating a dead or alive poster for her when she throws out the case.

[TexasCajun]

Run Forest Jessica, Run!!

[2ndDivisionVet]

That’s a real possibility.

[snarkytart]

If anything she would be more bias in favor of Mark Omara according to this article from yesterday:

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_tv_tvblog/2012/04/george-zimmerman-mark-omara-a-very-excellent-choice-mark-nejame-says.html

Orlando attorney Mark NeJame knows attorney Mark O’Mara well. They were co-commentators for WKMG-Channel 6 during the Casey Anthony trial. NeJame, now a legal analyst for CNN, called O’Mara “a very excellent choice” for George Zimmerman’s attorney.

Zimmerman on Wednesday was charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

“I spent about two months with him [O'Mara], almost every day [during the Anthony trial],” NeJame said on CNN this morning. “Mark knows the law inside out. As you saw in his press conference yesterday, it was very measured. He’s very controlled, very compassionate and a strong advocate.”

On CNN, NeJame revealed that he pointed Zimmerman in O’Mara’s direction. “Very simply, we got a phone call from Mr. Zimmerman,” NeJame said. But NeJame, the father of young children, said he didn’t want to handle such a high-profile, time-consuming case.

NeJame said he gave five names to Zimmerman and his people. ”They researched and found Mark to be the one they want to go with,” NeJame said. “They made a very excellent choice.”

NeJame cautioned that a lot of things need to be learned about the case “before people take these extreme, polarizing sides that they’ve taken.” NeJame called Trayvon’s shooting death a true tragedy for everyone involved.

[Semper911]

Who can blame her for wanting to bail out of this circus?

She knows that if she follows the law, the next "Wanted" poster will have her face on it.

[jiggyboy]

Reading comprehension loses again. She has “offered” to allow Zim’s defense attorney to file a motion asking her to recuse herself. (She will then dismiss the motion.)

[tcrlaf]

“But NeJame, the father of young children, said he didn’t want to handle such a high-profile, time-consuming case.”

TRANSLATION:
He doesn’t want the insane MSNBC Klux Klan Lynch Mob followers threatening his children at school.

[stephenjohnbanker]

Very possible....good point.

[rawcatslyentist]

>"it is more to keep the NBPP from creating a dead or alive poster for her when she throws out the case. "

Some one call Joe Biden's lil twin brother!

[stephenjohnbanker]

” NeJame cautioned that a lot of things need to be learned about the case “before people take these extreme, polarizing sides that they’ve taken.” “

Get rid of this whore.

[jiggyboy]

My comment re poor reading comprehension is directed toward the article not to you 2nd-D-V.

[5thGenTexan]

Sounds like she made the offer to both sides and its unclear if either side will accept.

[snarkytart]

Huh? I think he was trying to say the leftest race hustlers and the media need to chill.

[TalBlack]

Ooooh, girl judge, who saw that coming? Got a girl judge, girl prosecutor called in when the decision didn’t go right the first time; dude in jail ‘cause the mob said so. Won’t be long now.

[New Jersey Realist]

No one wants to be the person that pulls the trigger on the gangsta uprising that would occur.

[FoxInSocks]

The judge is not “admitting” bias. She’s acknowledging an appearance of conflict. All judges have conflict lists.

[2ndDivisionVet]

I volunteer.

[snarkytart]

Ya’ll are too cynical and ready to jump to wrong conclusions because you see her hubby commentates for CNN. Read the article I posted. This judge’s husband is a defense attorney and knows Zimmerman’s attorney Mark O’Mara. As a matter of fact he’s the one who recommended O’Mara to Zimmerman’s family.
The conflict the judge has is more pro-defense.