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Q&A Unfair Motivation for a Judge to Dislike an Accused

In a modern setting, the prosecution may submit something like blogs or emails intended to prove the defendant was involved in some crime or had knowledge of it. But the judge, in reading these bl...

posted 5y ago by Amadeus‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-19T22:13:39Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T10:37:07Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T10:37:07Z (over 4 years ago)
In a modern setting, the prosecution may submit something like blogs or emails intended to prove the defendant was involved in some crime or had knowledge of it.

But the judge, in reading these blogs, finds the defendant's _other_ opinions repellent, even though legal. These could be talking about a callous attitude toward women, for example, or how he insisted his girlfriend have an abortion, or a liberal attitude about drugs or immigrants, or any number of other things allowed as free speech, that grates on the judge.

In any case by reading the defendant's communications, the judge just _doesn't like_ the defendant as a person or human being, even though the behavior itself does not rise to the level of criminal activity; it is just an "ick" factor for the judge and the reader.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-01-17T12:10:49Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 3