Biased Judges and MALAGA

If we are honest with ourselves, we understand that we are all simmering cauldrons of bias. While life experience may destroy some biases, it also provides ample opportunity to pick up new ones. That’s the human condition.

What good would a judge do who became not-human? Child abuse cases used to give me a knot in my stomach and sometimes I felt an empty space where my heart should be. My emotional response could become so overwhelming it felt physical.

Acting on a bias is permissible when the action is based upon the admissible evidence before you. Otherwise…