Defense Lawyer Asks For Gableman to Recuse Himself

Last I checked, many judges - including the liberal ones - run on “tough on crime” platforms.  This lawyer is reaching. 

Henak filed the motion in his defense of Aaron Antonio Allen, who was sentenced to 37 years in prison after being convicted in 1999 of armed robbery and possessing a firearm as a felon in Milwaukee County. Allen contends he had ineffective counsel.

Henak said Gableman shouldn’t hear the case because of comments he made during the campaign, including promises not to “look for loopholes to put criminals back on our streets.”

“The facts of this case demonstrate either actual bias or the appearance of bias by Justice Gableman in favor of the state and against those, such as Allen, who are accused of crimes,” Henak wrote.