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Thankfully, this sort of action would get you a mistrial in the US. The prosecutors must disclose any exculpatory material to the defense. Heck even a secret
by cogman10 2y ago
Thankfully, this sort of action would get you a mistrial in the US. The prosecutors must disclose any exculpatory material to the defense.
Heck even a secret meeting with the judge, while it might not result in mistrial, is highly unusual in the US and could be brought up on appeal.
There are basically no circumstances where a judge should meet with representation of just one side. Especially when that side is the government.
- rahimnathwani 2y agoThere was a recent case in the US where: 1. The judge had a secret meeting with the prosecution. 2. The defence attorney found out about it, and challenged the judge about it. 3. The judge demanded to know how the defence attorney found out. 4. When the defence attorney refused to say, the judge ordered the attorney to be jailed for contempt of court. https://www.billboard.com/pro/young-thug-trial-judge-denies-motion-step-down-secret-meeting/ https://www.billboard.com/pro/young-thug-trial-judge-denies-...
- thereddaikon 2y agoYes and its a big story in the news and everyone knows about it. The Judge is clearly corrupt and the state supreme court have already weighed in. It's pretty clearly an extraordinary situation.
- rahimnathwani 2y ago"the state supreme court have already weighed in" Can you say more about this? The last I read, the state supreme court has accepted the case about the attorney's 'contempt of court' charge, but has not: - issued any opinion related to any of these issues, or - accepted any case about the judge being corrupt, recusing himself etc. Did I miss some news?
- thereddaikon 2y agoMaybe I'm misremembering but did they not already get the defense attorney out of jail?
- rahimnathwani 2y agoThe defense attorney is out of jail pending the supreme court's decision on the contempt case. This ruling has no bearing on the original case.