"Preska indicated that this personal connection to the Hammond case ‘would not effect her ability to be impartial" They spell it out in the article itself and

"Preska indicated that this personal connection to the Hammond case ‘would not effect her ability to be impartial" They spell it out in the article itself and the judge herself addresses it. That said, I completely misread the title. I thought the judge was married to someone that had tried this person before so there might be a bit of a vendetta there. I was clearly wrong.