Judge

[wbtfg]

I'm seeing a lot of comments on twitter about the biased judge. I haven't really noticed anything overtly biased. She's definitely over ruling Paoli quite a bit, but there's no indication of why he's objecting.

I'm not arguing one side or the other, it just doesn't really seem like there's enough information given on twitter to determine that the judge is biased.

Does anyone have something specific that I missed that would explain why people are so fired up today?


Not picking a fight....just wondering what I missed.

 

[EverettGriz]

I'm seeing a lot of comments on twitter about the biased judge. I haven't really noticed anything overtly biased. She's definitely over ruling Paoli quite a bit, but there's no indication of why he's objecting.

I'm not arguing one side or the other, it just doesn't really seem like there's enough information given on twitter to determine that the judge is biased.

Does anyone have something specific that I missed that would explain why people are so fired up today?


Not picking a fight....just wondering what I missed.

There's a number of tweets describing her body language and tone as seemingly biased toward the defense. The decision to break 12 minutes into their closing argument was...well, bizzare to say the least. And finally, I think most people find it odd that one side's objections would nearly always be allowed and not the other. Even knowing little about the law or the case, most people would view that as a statistical anomoly.

 

[RobGriz]

The fact that she sustained the prosecutions objection when Paoli brought up evidence entered at trial during his closing and then overruling Paoli's objection when the prosecution called him a liar in front of the jury. The continuous rolling of the eyes and other body language (per the twitter feed) when the defense objects to ANYTHING the prosecution does. It's the little things.

 

[wbtfg]

I didn't see the recess, so yeah that would be odd (unless it was already scheduled and everyone knew it was coming).

I guess I'm not picking up a tone one way or the other via twitter and haven't seen anything about body language. Is that coming through on Twitter? I must have missed that.

 

[Griz2k]

Or when Paoli went to make a motion and she stopped him and told him "motion denied" even before he said anything.

 

[mlbowl]

I didn't see the recess, so yeah that would be odd (unless it was already scheduled and everyone knew it was coming).

I guess I'm not picking up a tone one way or the other via twitter and haven't seen anything about body language. Is that coming through on Twitter? I must have missed that.

Did you notice that most of the prosecutions objections were sustained during defense closing?

 

[teames]

I understand that most of the prosecutors worked for her before she was a judge. That in itself is a big red flag.

 

[EverettGriz]

I didn't see the recess, so yeah that would be odd (unless it was already scheduled and everyone knew it was coming).

I guess I'm not picking up a tone one way or the other via twitter and haven't seen anything about body language. Is that coming through on Twitter? I must have missed that.

Even if the recess had been scheduled, they could have moved it up 12 minutes and taken it between the Prosecutions' close and that of the Defense. I don't think 12 minutes would have made much of a difference.

And yes, the comments on her body language and tone were in the twitter feed.

 

[Blgs Griz Fan]

I might have to move to Missoula just so I van vote against her if she runs again. that is based on the tweets, news articles and blogs I have read.

 

[BWahlberg]

Not sure if she really is biased (I'd like to hope not) because I'm not in the courtroom so it's tough to tell the context of the objections. Also the pre-trial rules.

Paoli, once the jury left, entered in his objections and cited that when he called the prosecution liars she sustained an objection from the state, however when the state did the exact same thing she overruled it.

 

[big kahuna]

I've witnessed lots and lots of trials and have never seen a judge call for a recess during a closing argument. Seems fishy. Just sayin...

 

[BWahlberg]

I talked with someone else who pointed out the pre-trial instructions were to pay attention to the evidence presented in the trials and not so much on the closing arguments as those do not present new evidence. Thinking back on that - it might not mean that much the handling of the recess and objections in the closing arguments.

 

[AZGrizFan]

I talked with someone else who pointed out the pre-trial instructions were to pay attention to the evidence presented in the trials and not so much on the closing arguments as those do not present new evidence. Thinking back on that - it might not mean that much the handling of the recess and objections in the closing arguments.

Still a VERY bizarre move by an obviously prejudicial judge.