“I just signed your death warrant.”
Before this talk, I had already watched the video of Judge Rosemarie Aquilina sentencing Larry Nassar. I thought her statement towards Nassar was perfect and not once did I think about how as a judge, she should remain “professional”. Judge Miller had some pretty interesting points and I do agree that maybe she shouldn’t have rubbed salt into the wound. Nassar deserved everything that was said to him in court, but as a judge, Judge Aquilina should’ve stuck with more impartial words.
This brought me to the thought that it’s pretty hard to be an unbiased judge. You have to remain impartial and think about cases not through your mind, but as a totally different person.
I also find the comments that the judge Miller talked about the recent controversy very informative for me to understand the role of judge and the jurisdiction system. And it’s really hard as a judge to see the humanity aspect in each individual and remaining fair at the same time, because these two might contradict each other some times