Rittenhouse Trial

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2. Thank you, H2O MAN. As I've posted prior, majority of my extended family are lawyers with a judge,

a couple of prosecutors, and the rest defense or civil law. (I'm the "black sheep" along with a few others in medicine--LOL )

But, we've had a running email conversation within the family for those interested on that trial and the judge (as well as a separate one on the Ahmaud Arbery trial).

They see it as you and I do (even the defense lawyers). That judge is as unprofessional and unbelievably biased against the prosecution (who have made mistakes, mind you, but insufficient for the response of this judge in general) as they come. There are some self-described legal beagles on DU who have castigated those suggesting this and conversely defended the judge to an unbelievable degree which has been disheartening. Even if they watched nearly any other trial (including the Ahmaud Arbery trial) they would see how glaring is the contrast between the Ritterhouse judge and nearly all others).

I'm fortunate to live in an area where the legal profession is pretty strong and those elected judges are subject to a very systematic and hardnosed review prior to delivering a "retention or no" recommendation prior to every election cycle. And, the voters seem to listen to those assessments. I know I read through the available "blue book" recommendations/reviews very closely. Only through this kind of checks and balance can we avoid the likes of the preening for tv, highly unprofessional and systemically biased Judge Bruce Schroeder. Obviously the political climate of Kenosha, WI protects him--as it does the nasty little Kyle Rittenhouses of the world. That trial should have had a state-appointed special prosecutor and likely a change of venue. Sans that, it would be almost miraculous to find sufficient jurors willing to look past the "thumb on the scale" jurisprudence being delivered by that judge, not to mention his not-so-subtle derisive comments and jokes primarily delivered at the expense of the prosecution. And yes, to the naysayers defending him, the decisions made and especially the jury instructions given by the judge are paramount to the ultimate outcome--even with a totally unbiased jury. I have little expectation that such instructions will be of the nature we'd expect by the kind of unbiased professional justices available in other jurisdictions.
Thus, the outcome is foretold.