Judge under scrutiny declares mistrial in LA obscenity case
By LINDA DEUTSCH – 1 hour ago (AP posting)
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A federal judge under scrutiny for posting sexually explicit material on his own Web site declared a mistrial Friday in an obscenity trial over which he was presiding.
Judge Alex Kozinski said he would ask that the case be assigned to another judge.
Kozinski is chief judge of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals but was serving as a trial judge in a federal obscenity prosecution of a man who distributed videos showing bestiality and extreme fetishes.
"In light of the public controversy surrounding my involvement in this case, I have concluded that there is a manifest necessity to declare a mistrial," Kozinski wrote in his order.
The postings on the judge's Web site came to light earlier this week when opening statements were under way. The trial was suspended Wednesday after jurors had already watched some of the videos.
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This federal judge needs to be REMOVED from the bench. MAINLY because he tried to get his teenage son to take the "rap" for HIS porn (published, by-the-way, along with many legal reviews and case law)
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