Rittenhouse Judge Tells Jury to Applaud for Defense Witness

[NullTuples]

As the defense witness was being seated, the judge asked the courtroom if anyone was a veteran.

One person raised his hand.

The defense witness.

The judge then told the jury and courtroom to applaud veterans to show appreciation for their sacrifices.

[MontanaMama]

1. This "judge" is a menace.

That is all.

[malaise]

3. Yah think

I swear the lunatics are running the asylum

[SoCalNative]

2. This judge needs to be removed from the bench

disbarred and thrown in jail.

[empedocles]

6. The judge is elected. There could be bad history somewhere.

[Baitball Blogger]

4. I'm telling you, this has SNL written all over it.

[Generic Brad]

11. There is nothing funny about this

I don't think Lorne Michaels would allow that level of disrespect for the dead to be joked over.

[Baitball Blogger]

17. It's the judge! He's denying justice for the victims. I think he deserves to

the satire treatment.

[jimfields33]

5. Happy Veterans Day!

It’s so nice they recognize veterans and in a federal courthouse I can see why it’s done. Sad only one person was a veteran. I’m surprised they hold court today.

[Tommy Carcetti]

7. Yeah, but practical matters should govern when conducting a murder trial.

A judge shouldn't be giving the jury any subliminal bias towards or against any witness or person in the court.

If they wanted to applaud the guy before the jury got in, fine. But it's all business once the jury gets seated.

Also, minor quibble, but this is Wisconsin state court, not federal court.

[jimfields33]

12. Good points. Thank you for pointing out its state court

So much info on this trial. I can’t wait till it’s over.

[Torchlight]

9. You believe it relevant to the case

for a judge to instruct a jury to give applause to a defense witness, regardless of whether doing so engenders a lack of trust in the objectivity of the court we rely on to be objective at all costs?

[jimfields33]

13. He didn't know who would stand.

And everyone deserve an applause today for serving. It was a nice gesture and far to rare which is why it’s even news sadly.

[Torchlight]

14. Do you believe it relevant and without bias in a court we rely on for objectivity?

[jimfields33]

15. I don't know. I'm not sure what serving in the military has to do with a court case

[lagomorph777]

8. He's begging to be removed from the bench.

This is a mistrial.

[sakabatou]

10. Prosecution should make a petition to change judges

[LiberalFighter]

16. He had no business interjecting that in the court.

I would bet he knew the witness was a veteran.

[LetMyPeopleVote]

18. Want to do some about the Judge in the Rittenhouse trial, file a complaint.

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