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Originally Posted by Adam
For most cases, I'd agree. Given that this case is related to an offense apparently targeted at someone specifically because he served in the military, I'd say that ex-military court officials are a potential source of bias and I'd ask them to recuse themselves if I were defending.
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OK, I see where you're going, it's a valid point.
[ETA: However, as I think about it, I guess there's a corollary. What if it was a case of a racially-motivated crime, would they need to find a judge who was not of the race of either the defendant or the victim? Or worse, if it were a rape, would they want to find a judge who was neither a male nor a female? I wonder what the rules are for recusing, surely they would be such that a judge believes himself/herself to be too emotionally attached to the issue at heart to have full confidence in his/her own impartiality?]
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