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Trial Judge Removed From Case For “Unreasonable Fury” Towards Prosecution

Filed under: Criminal Law, News Tags: by Steven F. Fairlie @ August 1, 2010

The 7th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Friday that U.S. District Chief Judge James Halderman shall be removed from presiding over the trial of a man accused of smuggling drugs into the U.S. due to his “unreasonable fury” towards prosecutors.  Judge Halderman had suppressed fingerprint evidence under the theory that the government had tampered with […]

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