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How can the judge who has been attached not be disqualified from ruling in that case?
She's not ruling on her own assault, she's finishing the original sentencing which was interrupted when he launched at her.
So her decision on sentencing was already decided, she just never got to announce what it was. His subsequent behavior proves that sentencing is the correct course of action.
Edit As expected:
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/01/08/us/las-vegas-judge-attacker-sentenced.html
"sentenced the man on Monday to 19 to 48 months in prison on a previous battery charge, emphasizing that his actions last week did not affect her sentencing decision."
and:
"On Monday, Mr. Redden returned to Judge Holthus’s courtroom to complete the sentencing hearing that his violent outburst had interrupted."
and:
"Judge Holthus emphasized that Mr. Redden was being sentenced solely on an April 2023 battery charge, to which he had previously pleaded guilty. She said any charges related to his attack last week would be handled by a different judge.
“For purposes of the record,” Judge Holthus said, “I want to make it clear that I am not changing or modifying the sentence I was in the process of imposing last week before I was interrupted by defendant’s actions.”"
Not necessarily. If they actually were reformed and the judge wasn't hearing it, the sentencing wasn't correct.
The lengths some people go to defend criminals is worrying. Dude proved he hasn't reformed by leaping across the bench and attacking the judge sentencing him, after pleading his case talking about how he is reformed, and you're still trying to defend him.
Perhaps consider the impact this clearly unreformed criminal will have on the impact of society and perhaps his other future victims.
FWIW, I'm not defending him at all, I'm saying he hasn't been reformed.
I'm saying he needs a lot more work to get there.