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Hub seeks federal judge's recusal, citing 'favoritism'

Trying a wrongful conviction lawsuit

RELINQUISHED JUDGMENT BEFORE Judge Nancy Gertner recused herself from a case against the city in 2001 in response to remarks she made to the media. RELINQUISHED JUDGMENT BEFORE Judge Nancy Gertner recused herself from a case against the city in 2001 in response to remarks she made to the media.
By Jonathan Saltzman
Globe Staff / November 17, 2008

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Lawyers defending the Boston Police Department in a lawsuit filed by a man wrongly convicted of three rapes want a federal judge to recuse herself, saying remarks she made from the bench revealed "deep-seated favoritism and antagonism" that make it impossible for her to be fair in the civil rights case. (Full article: 1079 words)

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