Inside One 'Egregious' Mistake From Trump's Florida Judge Aileen Cannon

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https://www.thedailybeast.com/inside-one-egregious-mistake-from-trumps-florida-judge-aileen-cannon

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U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, whose pro-Trump bias and head-turning errors have raised questions about whether she should be overseeing former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Florida, made what appears to be another surprising mistake last year.

Now, a defense lawyer is seizing on her misstep to try freeing his client from prison—even though he was caught on tape violently throwing a courtroom chair at a prosecutor and threatening to kill him.

The blunder was simple and entirely avoidable. The federal judge told jurors they could find the man, Christopher Wilkins, “guilty or not guilty.” But then she handed jurors a verdict form that didn’t even have those options.

“How far does somebody have to go to school to say that a verdict form is supposed to say guilty and not guilty?” asked defense lawyer Jeffrey Garland. “That would be one of the more egregious versions of jury instruction error… it’s such a rare error.”

Garland formally filed an appeal on Thursday and hopes to overturn a case that’s as black-and-white as they come—on a technicality.

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[dalton99a]

1. Well, she did have 14 days experience as a judge

"Tremendous experience. A perfect judge!"

[Jerry2144]

2. She's the best ever judge

Because The Defendant only hits the best and brightest!


Oh wait. Reality is the exact opposite of what The Defendant says?

[BlueIn_W_Pa]

3. She needs to be reprimanded or replaced

he still needs to go to jail

[CanonRay]

4. She's not only biased, she's utterly incompetent