LANSING (MI)
Lansing State Journal
August 14, 2018
By Matt Mencarini,
Judge Rosemarie Aquilina will remain on the Larry Nassar case, despite an effort by his attorneys to remove her.
Ingham County Circuit Court Chief Judge Richard Garcia issued that ruling today, strongly defending Aquilina while criticizing Nassar and the attempt to remove her from hearing his motion requesting a new sentence.
“The die was cast in the courtroom and Defendant’s sentence was forged by his own words and deeds,” Garcia wrote in his seven-page opinion. “Consideration of whether he should be resentenced can be fairly reviewed by the judge uniquely situated to provide justice in this case.
“The judge who heard these survivors is the only one who should properly render any re-sentence.”
The matter went to Garcia after Aquilina refused to remove herself from the case on Aug. 3, and Nassar’s court-appointed appellate attorneys appealed to him.
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