Judge Nancy Mulder told The News on Wednesday she voluntarily recused herself from two pending cases against Jorge Esparza over comments she made Tuesday —...
Judge Nancy Mulder was caught on a courtroom livestream making disparaging remarks about Jorge Esparza, who was on trial for murder.
A spokeswoman for the Dallas County district attorney’s office and Esparza’s defense attorney declined to comment.since-deleted videoMulder dismissed the jury about 5:10 p.m. for the evening and convened with lawyers outside the courtroom. Just after 5:30 p.m., Mulder returned to the courtroom and sat at the bench.
“Oh, I don’t know … I think he’s upset he got caught,” Mulder said. “I think he’s crying for himself because he knows he’s going to prison for a long time.”The man then told Mulder in the deleted video that Esparza killed Medina-Madriz for “no reason,” to which Mulder replied: “He wanted to show her he’s a man.”
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