If there's anything left of the $65K of her defense fund, maybe it could be used to unseat the DA and the Judge of this case.
Neither is an elected position in NJ. Judges in NJ are appointed but need to be reappointed periodically. It's a strange system but in any case there's no "unseating" to be done. Ditto the DA.
Christie detractors might note that in a similar case, the Brian Aitken case, Christie both issued an Executive Clemency order, and did not reappoint the sitting judge in only the second incident of a sitting judge not being reappointed. He's got a pretty good track record when it really comes down to where the rubber meets the road. He's pretty intolerant of idiocy,
My original inclination was to believe that this would be what would happen here as well, with gubernatorial action taken after the wheels of justice ground to their conclusion. Christie is, of course, a former federal prosecutor who specilized in putting corrupt NJ state officials in prison with a 100% win rate. He's no favorite of the corrupt NJ political machine, as many of the sitting legislators have buddins in jail who were put there by the Governer in his former position. He's a square guy. His tendencies are to let the bad buys hang themselves completely and then hammer them without mercy, so I expected him to bide his time, let the trial go to it's conclusion, and then issue another clemency order and let them cry about it. I'm pleased that the AG clarified with the memorandum the expectations of the State of NJ in a way that is more compelling towards guiding against further miscarriages of justice in advance rather than being reactionary after the fact. It;ll be less painful for eveyone in the meanwhile. Might get a few others out of the slammer as well who are already serving but who may be able to use this to advantage to be admitted to PTI or have their sentences reduced to the one year alternative.
It's a good day in NJ. One more small incremental improvement.
Willie
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