Judge Stepping Aside

The controversial Trayvon Martin shooting has caused an uproar in the media over the past several weeks. Most recently on Wednesday the defenses motion to disqualify the appointed judge, Jessica Recksiedler, was approved. This is all because her husband works with a CNN legal analyst. Recksiedler said in her decision that while the findings on each basis were "legally insufficient" for disqualification, "the cumulative effect of the events and the totality of the circumstances provides a legally sufficient basis for this court to grant the motion to disqualify," a statement from the court said. Cases such as this and the Casey Anthony case stir up so much controversy in the media that the facts of a case seem to become highly skewed. Yes, it is important to identify crimes in the media to show others that they can't get away with them, but is it taken too far? In Casey Anthony's case the media along with most of the world "knew" she was guilty and would be sentenced. Despite all of the media attention and all of the circumstantial evidence she was proven not guilty by the jury. These cases do need some attention from the media to show that people are paying attention. I do believe the attention will deter future instances like this from happening, but if the media frenzy causes these crimes to go virtually unpunished are they really helping? Do you think the media's attention on that case and more relevantly the Trayvon Martin case hurts the outcome?  What would be a better way for the media to handle cases with such high interest?