To say the trial has been hard for the judge is an understatement.
Almost all of that is the judge's fault.
Alex Jones was so ham-strung that the prosecution repeatedly asked him questions that, if he answered, would violate the judge's order, who was waiting to hit him with contempt charges, and so refused to intervene in the hope that he would slip up. Contrast that with a judge so weak she spent most of her time just bickering with Brooks who went so far as to even bring up jury nullification in direct contempt of her own orders.
She could have imposed order on him, and she didn't. I honestly think Brooks emotionally manipulated her through most of the trial.
Don't use the Alex Jones trial as a viewpoint. The judge has been incredibly patient with Brooks because he could appeal based on racial discrimination if the Judge threw the book at him.
She didn't and any appeal based on those grounds would likely fail. She also had to spend so much time lecturing Brooks because he kept interrupting and was representing himself. It's not easy to control a nigga and not give him avenues of appeal with a case of national attention like this.
I'm aware that it isn't a like-for-like comparison, I'm focusing on the contrast of what a judge is actually capable of (even to the point that they may be breaking the law), compared to what she did.
Almost all of that is the judge's fault.
Alex Jones was so ham-strung that the prosecution repeatedly asked him questions that, if he answered, would violate the judge's order, who was waiting to hit him with contempt charges, and so refused to intervene in the hope that he would slip up. Contrast that with a judge so weak she spent most of her time just bickering with Brooks who went so far as to even bring up jury nullification in direct contempt of her own orders.
She could have imposed order on him, and she didn't. I honestly think Brooks emotionally manipulated her through most of the trial.
Don't use the Alex Jones trial as a viewpoint. The judge has been incredibly patient with Brooks because he could appeal based on racial discrimination if the Judge threw the book at him.
She didn't and any appeal based on those grounds would likely fail. She also had to spend so much time lecturing Brooks because he kept interrupting and was representing himself. It's not easy to control a nigga and not give him avenues of appeal with a case of national attention like this.
I'm aware that it isn't a like-for-like comparison, I'm focusing on the contrast of what a judge is actually capable of (even to the point that they may be breaking the law), compared to what she did.