2010.04.19 Judge Strickland IS stepping down

[akashana]

Justice delayed is justice denied.

 

[Dear Prudence]

Does anyone know if the defense has made a statement about Strickland stepping down and/or Perry taking on the case? I'm sure the media has been requesting a statement from them plus they have that lady from Lyon's legal clinic as a spokesperson, so I would think we would have heard something by now. Did I miss it?

 

[sumbunny]

Whats rich, is that Baez refused to comment about Judge Perry presiding over casey's case. Is he actually going to STHU now? I'm sorry to see Judge Strickland go, but if it means Baez will now shut his pie hole...i'm happy!

 

[Themis]

This result surprised me. I really didn't think Judge Strickland would grant that motion. However, I think the fact that he did reflects the use of some extreme caution with respect to this case. If Judge Strickland and/or the Judiciary did use extreme caution, then why? If I were to take a gamble, I would guess they think this case will end up with a conviction and there is a good chance at the death penalty -- therefore it was so very important to protect the record of the pre-trial and trial in this case from any potential appeal issues. Hummm. JMHO, of course.

 

[ExpectingUnicorns]

There's not much I can say to add to this thread other than I join the majority in that I am disappointed and irked that another faultless party has been targeted and bears the effects of collateral damage in this debacle. Indeed, "the irony is rich" that the guilty party seems to continue to make innocent player appear as though they have conspired against her. Vortex of evil ~ that was the perfect description.

 

[beach]

Whats rich, is that Baez refused to comment about Judge Perry presiding over casey's case. Is he actually going to STHU now? I'm sorry to see Judge Strickland go, but if it means Baez will now shut his pie hole...i'm happy!

BBM

One can hope, sumbunny.

I saw it more as a "WTH CAN I SAY in re. the scathing Order issued by JS yesterday OR the fact that we just got a less patient judge who 'suffers no fools'? So, I'll just say nothing. I can't spin that even if I took my foot out of my mouth."

 

[nancy botwin]

This result surprised me. I really didn't think Judge Strickland would grant that motion. However, I think the fact that he did reflects the use of some extreme caution with respect to this case. If Judge Strickland and/or the Judiciary did use extreme caution, then why? If I were to take a gamble, I would guess they think this case will end up with a conviction and there is a good chance at the death penalty -- therefore it was so very important to protect the record of the pre-trial and trial in this case from any potential appeal issues. Hummm. JMHO, of course.

I agree! I predicted this outcome incorrectly too. Then I saw that RHornsby predicted Strickand would grant the motion, so I changed my mind. In the Verified Lawyer's Thread, I asked RH to explain which facts within the motion might have taken it over the edge etc., because I'm still a bit confused. I await his reply. :angel:
Ah well, hats off to AZLawyer for being right the whole time.

 

[beach]

This result surprised me. I really didn't think Judge Strickland would grant that motion. However, I think the fact that he did reflects the use of some extreme caution with respect to this case. If Judge Strickland and/or the Judiciary did use extreme caution, then why? If I were to take a gamble, I would guess they think this case will end up with a conviction and there is a good chance at the death penalty -- therefore it was so very important to protect the record of the pre-trial and trial in this case from any potential appeal issues. Hummm. JMHO, of course.

Themis, I don't know if you got a chance to review the FL Rule that Strickland was bound by.....but THAT was the clincher. It is so bad that the FL JEAC has set it for review sometime next month, I believe.

If you haven't read it, let me know and I will dig around and find it. That rule was mind-boggling and I will never understand how it existed in the first place.

 

[strawberry]

Does anyone know if the defense has made a statement about Strickland stepping down and/or Perry taking on the case? I'm sure the media has been requesting a statement from them plus they have that lady from Lyon's legal clinic as a spokesperson, so I would think we would have heard something by now. Did I miss it?

There's a media link up page, WESH, says Jose Baez wouldn't comment on Perry taking over.

 

[miss plum]

Maybe it is slowly dawning on him that he is in a different story from the one he thought he was.

 

[logicalgirl]

I agree! I predicted this outcome incorrectly too. Then I saw that RHornsby predicted Strickand would grant the motion, so I changed my mind. In the Verified Lawyer's Thread, I asked RH to explain which facts within the motion might have taken it over the edge etc., because I'm still a bit confused. I await his reply. :angel:
Ah well, hats off to AZLawyer for being right the whole time.

I agreed with you Nancy and didn't realize all it took was for the motion to be legally sound, not necessarily truthful, but sound.

So I guess it was enough that he spoke to Marinating Dave and called him. Content was neither here no there. There must be no HINT of impropriety. Or so "those" lawyers out there say.

 

[ZsaZsa]

Themis, I don't know if you got a chance to review the FL Rule that Strickland was bound by.....but THAT was the clincher. It is so bad that the FL JEAC has set it for review sometime next month, I believe.

If you haven't read it, let me know and I will dig around and find it. That rule was mind-boggling and I will never understand how it exisisted in the first place.

This was the perfect example of the law being an .
Even mass murderers get to defend themselves against false accusations.

 

[Patriciao]

I have a positive feeling about this step-down. Judge S had an amiable, jovial feel in his court room which I did not agree with. I hope Judge Perry is super STRICT! I hope he is a fair, no joking, just the facts maam kind of judge!

 

[ZsaZsa]

Not sure if it's OK to provide a link to Marinade Dave's site so I will wait, but tonight's message that starts 'Dear Muffin, you stupid twit' is hilarious,worth a read... He is mad as hell. It ends- 'Write back, I gave Pimpdaddy my business card"
:innocent:

 

[Omachka]

There's a media link up page, WESH, says Jose Baez wouldn't comment on Perry taking over.

Yay! He's speechless at last!!! :woohoo:

 

[strawberry]

Not sure if it's OK to provide a link to Marinade Dave's site so I will wait, but tonight's message that starts 'Dear Muffin, you stupid twit' is hilarious,worth a read... He is mad as hell. It ends- 'Write back, I gave Pimpdaddy my business card"
:innocent:

Considering he never allowed name calling (himself excluded of course), for example the name Bozo was off limits, it is pretty amazing. Pimpdaddy will do.

 

[JSR]

Whats rich, is that Baez refused to comment about Judge Perry presiding over casey's case. Is he actually going to STHU now? I'm sorry to see Judge Strickland go, but if it means Baez will now shut his pie hole...i'm happy!

Well we can only hope.

But really what could JB say after JS issued that order??? JS really put JB and company in their place and assured that there was nothing JB could say after the order was issued. He was pinned on all sides. JS took all the air out of his balloon if planned to grandstand and say see I won, poor us, we're so hated and put upon. That and I'm sure AL threatened him within an inch of his life to STHU. Judge P will not deal with his crap.

 

[Horace Finklestein]

This was the perfect example of the law being an .
Even mass murderers get to defend themselves against false accusations.

Not to mention the fact that Baez gets to stay on his perceived cash cow of a case after lying about the ABC deals and the shady, downright evil nature of their bargaining for blood money.

 

[jon_burrows]

I have a positive feeling about this step-down. Judge S had an amiable, jovial feel in his court room which I did not agree with. I hope Judge Perry is super STRICT! I hope he is a fair, no joking, just the facts maam kind of judge!

I agree. I like JS and I think he is a fair and honest man but I got the feeling he was losing control of the court room. For example, letting Jose ramble on about nonsense playing up to the cameras and trying to taint the jury pool. I think it takes a certain type of judge to handle a case like this one. The defense attorneys will get away with as much BS as they can and unless they have a strict, no nonsense judge it will turn into a circus (actually, I think it already has). It benefits the defense if they can muddy the waters as much as possible in order to distract the jury from the facts. I hope the new judge is as tough as nails and lays the law down immediately on the defense's antics. From what I've read about Perry, he is Casey's worst nightmare!

"Chief Judge Perry is a proponent of the death penalty. There are at least three men on death row right now, all sentenced in Perry's courtroom"

http://www.myfoxorlando.com/dpp/news/orange_news/042010new-anthony-judge-seen-as-no-nonsense-jurist

A quote from Perry:

..."you have not only forfeited your right to dwell among us as a free man, but under the laws of the state of Florida, you have forfeited your right to live at all."

http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/keyword/larry-neal



IMO

 

[jon_burrows]

This may have been posted but a little background on Chief Judge Perry:

http://www.ninthcircuit.org/judges/chief_judge/

I noticed he went to Tuskegee University and majored in history. Looking back at the Tuskegee syphilis experiments and the way the Tuskegee airmen were treated, I don't think Casey's racist remarks in her letters will go over well with him.

IMO