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At 8:45 a.m. Thursday, Circuit Judge Jessica Recksiedler learned that she had been assigned the George Zimmerman-Trayvon Martin case, one of the nation's most racially divisive murder cases.
Recksiedler, 39, of Sanford, has been a judge a little more than a year. Criminal law is not her specialty. Trial work is.
A Stetson University College of Law graduate, she has been a lawyer for 15 years.
She is a board-certified civil-trial specialist, and during her 2010 campaign, touted her experience in commercial, construction, insurance, personal injury, probate and estate law.
http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2012-04-12/news/os-jessica-recksiedler-bio-box-20120412_1_board-certified-civil-trial-specialist-oscar-hotusing-case
sadbear
(4,340 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)it would have been worse, much worse, if one of the old guys were assigned.
However, one of this county's greatest secrets is that it's Good ole gals are as bad as it's Good ole boys. I have no reason to believe that this young judge is one of them.
sadbear
(4,340 posts)Maybe they're hoping for a plea bargain.
HooptieWagon
(17,064 posts)That doesnt give me an abundance of confidence.
Junkdrawer
(27,993 posts)PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)If she's the full package, she would be an oddity. This county doesn't reward people who don't bend to the will of the upper echelons. However, I'm willing to give her a chance.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)Baitball Blogger
(46,573 posts)I'm glad to see that people are catching on.