02/18/2025
How many more Judges think the same ("this guy looks like a criminal to me.") without verbalizing it? And how does one disqualify a judge who holds prejudice and bias against the accused or the case, party, charge, etc., when the prejudice and bias are held in secret as a closely held belief in the mind that has to remain private, or else? This judge, (after the comment was made public), apologized and said he was upset and "lost his head." But isn't it interesting that had the judge just kept the thought in his head and not verbalized to the public, everything would have been "fine," and he would not have committed any misconduct, and would still likely be presiding over this case? Think critically about this for a second, and objectively... If you were the accused (i.e. looking "like a criminal"), or even a civil litigant, and before you had your constitutional right to present evidence with a judge that held a prejudicial belief about you, would you feel you are being treated fairly and impartially, as is required by the law the judge has sworn to follow?
Detroit — An appeals court on Thursday overturned the drug conviction of a Black man, saying his rights were violated by a Detroit federal judge who was upset over delays in the case and declared, "This guy looks like a criminal to me."
"Such remarks are wholly incompatible with the fair administration of justice," the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said.
A federal appeals court ordered a new trial for Leroy Liggins and threw out his he**in distribution conviction and 10-year prison sentence.
