...I found the aforementioned related article quite interesting. A salient quote "Wood’s indiscreet expressions of opinion, his harsh sentences, and his blatantly unfair rulings against defendants charged with drug-related crimes were subjects of substantial controversy, not merely among Wood’s enemies but among his friends too. Former chief prosecutor John Pinckney had warned Wood several times that his pro-prosecution posture was damaging the system. “The system depends not only on fair play but on the appearance of fair play,” Pinckney said. “A judge can’t associate socially with the prosecution [the way Wood did with Kerr] and still call them correctly.”