The Rittenhouse Judge is out of control

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[redstatebluegirl]

1. Good grief he is nuts!

[The Magistrate]

2. The One Thing Jurors Always Remember, Sir

Is what the judge says to disregard....

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

3. That whackjob judge needs to be removed from the case immediately and impeached!! Jeezo-flip!!

[Tomconroy]

4. This may seem strange but what the prosecutor did was

Really bad. I mean really, really bad.

[Sympthsical]

5. He violated the defendent's 5th Amendment rights

Then talked down and got shitty with the judge, and dismissed the judge's pre-trial ruling.

This is crazy.

[Celerity]

8. +1 This shitshow is headed towards a possible mistrial

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12. That may be the best outcome for the prosecution.

No double jeopardy, they may get another chance with a other judge.

[Celerity]

16. No, as the mistrial will very likely be granted 'with prejudice' so no retrial, jeopardy rules apply

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20. I don't think prejudice would normally be granted for this

If there's sustained and repeated prosecutorial misconduct, sure, but unless I'm missing something this seems more like a one-off.

[Celerity]

25. every single lawyer I am seeing comment is saying the opposite, especially after the prosecutor

went after the judge and told him to stop interrupting him, plus he has now 3 times violated pre trial rulings and has tried to introduce character evidence that is banned under Federal Rule of Evidence Number 404, as well as trying to slip in inferences that violate the little asshole's 5th Amendment rights against self-incrimination

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28. Well that's what I'm missing. If it is repeated, as you say, then I agree.

[Sympthsical]

21. I'm just in awe of this prosecution

I've been following the trial closely, because I want to know the story instead of have it characterized for me.

This is just . . . what?

How the prosecutor isn't fired after this will be an absolute mystery.

[Amishman]

6. agreed, judge's reaction was unprofessional but prosecution's action was mistrial material

Prosecutor went straight to a subject that had already been explicitly covered and ruled as off limits. You cannot do that unannounced and in front of the jury.

Judge could have declared a mistrial there.

[sarisataka]

10. Too many people are letting their emotions

Rule rather than their intellect. In a different situation if a prosecutor brought up something that was barred 8n a pre-trial motion we would be calling for an immediate mistrial.

I think the prosecution knows they have lost and are willing to take big risks to sway the jury

[Jim__]

7. The one thing the prosecutor made clear to me is that Rittenhouse ...

... is lying his ass off.

[FBaggins]

9. The judge is clearly emotional, but it's the prosecutor who is out of line

I'm baffled at what he's doing... and it isn't the first time.

[NurseJackie]

11. Hoping for a mistrial and a do-over with a different judge?

[Calista241]

17. I doubt it, jeopardy is going to attach at this point

especially if it's the prosecutions actions that brought about the mistrial.

[Celerity]

18. No, as the mistrial will very likely be granted 'with prejudice' so no retrial, jeopardy rules apply

as it is due to prosecutorial misconduct

this prosecutor is a clown (so is the judge, so you have a perfect storm of volatility)

the lead counsel for the defence is loving life atm

[sarisataka]

14. Desperation

Despite the emotional factor, the case was weak coming in. The witness testimony ranged from unimpressive to disastrous so the prosecutor is taking chances. He is hoping to somehow get a conviction here even at the risk of it being overturned on appeal.

[PCIntern]

15. I've known many judges in my career

And if it is the case that the prosecutor was far out of line, this reaction by the judge does not surprise me given some of the judges whom I have known during the last 40+ years. In fact, I believe that tonight if I have the time I will post an incident I had with a judge standing outside my office building. It was 0 to 120 in two seconds. I actually feared for my existence.

[Alexander Of Assyria]

13. Judge is not out of control...if one knew the history of the pretrial motions.

-prosecutor had previously filed motion to present evidence of the accused’s previous bad conduct under the rule of evidence that permits the introduction of past conduct that may tend to prove the current conduct. It is a very narrow exception to the general prohibition against the introduction of prior bad conduct character evidence against an accused.

-judge had already heard this motion and ruled the proposed evidence was more prejudicial than probative…the prosecutor wanting to reopen the issue was the reason for the wrath.

-all done in absence of jury…the real jury…not the internet jury

-so, cool it with the judge is biased crap

Also, now that the accused, surprisingly, has taken the stand, so it may be open to the prosecution to restart the motion as soon as the accused utters a word hs the is of good character.

The verdict is far far from certain.

[Johnny2X2X]

27. The judge didn't even know the history of the pretrial motions

He was confused as to whether it was the defense or the prosecution who filed the motion in question. It was the defense and he acted like it was the proecution.

[Thomas Hurt]

19. How are is the DAs office so fn incompetent?

Maybe doing it on purpose to get the little fascist off?

What I am seeing this morning seems there is no prosecution just court room theater for the benefit of Court tv.

[Amishman]

22. either wildly gambling to make up for a weak case, or intentionally tanking

if they are tanking, then the question is are they doing it out of resentment towards the external pressure on them; or out of sympathy?

[qazplm135]

23. Eh I once defended a case

Where the prosecution ignored a pretrial ruling and then later commented on the accused not testifying and the judge there was pretty pissed too.

[RockRaven]

26. Is the DA losing on purpose?

[WhiskeyGrinder]

29. This is what judges do.

[Ocelot II]

30. Are you an attorney? Just wondering what your experience with judges has been.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

31. No; it's generally known by people who follow legal issues that judges strongly dislike it when

you try introduce things they've excluded without letting them know you're going to do that.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

32. For this thread

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33. Want to do some about the Judge in the Rittenhouse trial, file a complaint.

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