Ever
meet
a
person
who
whispers
in
their
outside
voice?
When
you
know
what
their
problem
is,
you
can
work
around
it
by
telling
them
to
text
you
or
just
hold
their
comments
until
a
more
convenient
time.
The
real
issue
is
when
someone
speaks
in
a
reasonable
tone
but
is
betrayed
by
their
environment.
Sometimes
a
room
has
really
good
acoustics.
This
time,
it
was
because
a
judge
presiding
on
a
murder
case
didn’t
realize
that
their
microphone
was
still
on.
From
the
ABA
Journal:
A
Texas
judge
recused
herself
in
two
cases
involving
a
murder
defendant
Wednesday,
after
she
was
caught
on
a
hot
mic
outside
the
presence
of
jurors
saying
he
had
killed
the
victim
to
show
a
woman
that
“he’s
a
man.”Judge
Nancy
Mulder
of
Dallas
County,
Texas,
declared
a
mistrial
in
the
murder
case
against
Jorge
Esparza
and
apologized
to
Esparza’s
lawyers,
she
told
the
Dallas
Morning
News.
If
you
read
this
and
can’t
shake
the
feeling
that
you’ve
seen
a
situation
like
this
somewhere
else,
I
have
just
one
question
for
you.
How’s
that
Deathly
Hallows
tattoo
you
have
faring?
While
embarrassing,
pulling
a
Hagrid
doesn’t
spell
the
end
of
a
judge’s
career.
Shortly
after
the
hot
mic
incident,
Judge
Mulder
issued
an
apology:
“I
deeply
regret
the
comments
I
made
during
what
I
believed
was
a
private
conversation
with
court
staff
in
an
empty
courtroom,”
she
told
the
Dallas
Morning
News.
These
hand-in-face
moments
are
great
reminders
that
procedure
matters.
Let’s
hope
that
the
judge
makes
sure
that
her
microphone
isn’t
turned
on
once
the
re-trial
gets
underway.
‘Oh,
Shoot,
I’m
Still
Streaming,’
Judge
Says,
After
Telling
Staffer
‘We
All
Know’
Murder
Defendant
Is
Guilty
[ABA
Journal]