Posted on 04/13/2012 12:14:23 PM PDT by 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....
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“Ethics? Would that Justices Sotomayor and Kagan had a tenth of hers.”
No doubt Sotomayor or Kagan have no ethics. However, I don’t think this judge does either. IF she did, she would immediately dismiss the case because the charge is wrong.
However, I think she won’t and knows she should. Basically, she knows that a conviction won’t happen and she doesn’t want to be the judge that it happens under. So, she is attempting to get out of a sticky position. She is an elected official.
Reminds me of the Judge in “Miracle of 34th Street” that didn’t want to be the Judge overseeing the prosecution of Santa. It is political suicide. Or, it could put her in physical risk of harm.
The mob wants blood and won’t accept no for an answer. I certainly hope they calm down soon. We don’t need things to set back race relations in this country.
Zimmerman is NOT guilty of 2nd Degree murder nor manslaughter.
Okay, I have to agree with you in part.
Not on the “recommendation” concern, for reasons I gave.
But as to the “TV commentary” part, I agree it IS an appearance of impropriety for Nejame to get on TV every night and bloviate about the case when his colleague’s wife is the judge.
But the proper resolution here is for Nejame NOT to go on TV every night and bloviate about the case.
The judge was elected by the people in her district and occupies a public position of trust and responsibility.
She should be expected to fulfill her responsibilities.
But no one elected Nejame to go on TV and play footsie with Anderson Cooper and Wolf Blitzer. No one is forcing him to do it.
In principle, the judge should fulfill her responsibility and Mr. Hollywood should refrain from being a public commentator on this particular case, in order not to create the appearance of impropriety vis-a-vis his colleague, the judge’s husband.
She wants nothing to do with this case.
Her husband works for CNN?
Get rid of her.
“Father, if it is Your will, let this cup pass from me. Nevertheless not my will, but Thine, be done.”
I bet this judge is hoping upon hope that they ask her to recuse herself.
We’ve already got the SP playing the role of Pilate and the New Black Panther Party and the whole race-pimping media playing the role of the crowd shouting “Crucify Him!”
No doubt before this is done we’ll have our own little Passion Play fully cast.
Amen, brother!
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