How much should judges participate in spotting issues for litigants?
It’s a perennial friction that surfaces whenever a trial judge questions a witness from the bench. It sparked controversy last year when Chief U.S. District Judge Robert N. Chatigny, in the execution-related proceedings involving serial killer Michael Ross, suggested a cause of action that would make a complaint seeking to halt Ross’s imminent death legally viable.
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