Judges in Arbery, Rittenhouse cases frustrated as they work to maintain fair trials.
Both judges have taken actions to preserve a fair trial and shield the juries from hearing anything unrelated to the evidence, according to New York public defender Brian Buckmire.Under the glare of dueling national spotlights, judges presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial in Wisconsin and the case against three white Georgia men in the death ofhave both displayed their ire as they've struggled to maintain fairness in the courtroom.
"Judges are very protective of the jury, sometimes even considering it their jury," said Buckmire, who is also an anchor for the Law & Crime Network."You always want the jury to be pristine, to only make decisions based on the evidence and not because a judge scolded a lawyer or vice versa."Assistant District Attorney Thomas Binger is admonished by Circuit Court Judge Bruce Schroeder during Kyle Rittenhouse's trial at the Kenosha County Courthouse in Kenosha, Wis.
"You're right on the borderline, and you may be over it," Schroeder said, at times shouting at Binger."But it better stop. This is not permitted." In the Arbery case, Judge Timothy Walmsley had the jury exit the Brunswick, Georgia, courtroom on Tuesday so the panel wouldn't hear his choice words for one of the defense attorneys.Jason Sheffield, a lawyer for defendant Travis McMichael, garnered Walmsley's wrath by provoking multiple objections from prosecutor Linda Dunikoski and by apparently trying to argue with the judge.
Walmsley sustained the objection, and when Sheffield appeared to try to argue with him, he sent the jury out of the courtroom. "I would suggest that you taper some of that very quickly, because it will not be tolerated in this court," Walmsley said.Superior Court Judge Timothy Walmsley asks to speak to council regarding body cam footage submitted as evidence in the trial of the accused killers of Ahmaud Arbery at the Gwynn County Superior Court on Nov. 5, 2021 in Brunswick, Ga.
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