Is this guy nuts?

by blogger jgl

This really isn't directly related to forensic science, but I've been wondering about this for a couple days. This morning, that top-notch news team at the Today Show hinted that the judge in the Anna Nicole case may be losing it.

My questions began when he refused (and still does, i think) to force a paternity test. Why wait? Should we tune in next season? Cripes.

My next doubt came when he let cameras into the courtroom. Is this really that important to the public? My vote is more harm than good.

Circuit Judge Larry Seidlin has set a self-imposed Friday morning deadline to issue a decision in the case, which boils down to a tug-of-war between Smith's estranged mother, Virgie Arthur, who wants to bring her daughter's body home to Texas, and her attorney-turned-boyfriend Howard K. Stern, who wants a burial in the Bahamas. "I got a gun to my head," he said.

Drama!