There will be a new judge appointed to the case of accused Atlanta courthouse gunman Brian Nichols. Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller stepped-down yesterday. The move comes in the firestorm of comments attributed to him in a recent magazine article. In the New Yorker article, Fuller says of Nichols "everyone in the world knows he did it". Fuller later said he didn't recall making the comment, but that damage had been done. Fuller said he was no longer hopeful he could provide a trial preceived to be fair. Nichols is accused of killing four people in a 2005 shooting spree.
The case has been plagued by funding problems for the defense. Barry Fleming, Republican Representative from Harlem, led the committee looking at the finances of the Nichols-case.
"I think it was the correct thing for the judge to do, given all the trouble that has gone on with bringing this case to trial. I think he did the right thing...unfortunately I wish it would have occured maybe much sooner than now, and we would have saved three years of time for the victims and the families going through this, and also millions of dollars to the taxpayers".
No word yet as to who the next judge in the case will be.
The case has been plagued by funding problems for the defense. Barry Fleming, Republican Representative from Harlem, led the committee looking at the finances of the Nichols-case.
"I think it was the correct thing for the judge to do, given all the trouble that has gone on with bringing this case to trial. I think he did the right thing...unfortunately I wish it would have occured maybe much sooner than now, and we would have saved three years of time for the victims and the families going through this, and also millions of dollars to the taxpayers".
No word yet as to who the next judge in the case will be.
