California, United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Cox, E059481 (Cal. App. 2015):
Moreover, "Recusal is not a mechanism to punish past prosecutorial misconduct. Instead, it is employed if necessary to ensure that future proceedings will be fair. '[S]ection 1424 does not exist as a free-form vehicle through which to express judicial condemnation of distasteful, or even improper, prosecutorial actions.'" (People v. Bryant (2014) 60 Cal.4th 335, 375.) Here, the issue was whether defendant would receive unfair
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