The judge asking for a statement from a member of the Wayne family

Bump.

Bump.

Faden was revealed to be a crooked judge, so he likely didn't care about propriety one way or the other.

Not sure what type of hearing this was supposed to be but parole boards do take victim's statements into account.

Since it was an early release as part of a deal, absolutely judges can take a family members statement into account. That doesn't mean they will, but they can. A judge can actually reject a deal if he deems it not fair or wrong. So had Bruce spoken, the judge definitely could have taken into account and kept Chill in prison to serve his full sentence.

Now as someone pointed out the judge was corrupt and was going to let Chill go no matter what so Falcone could kill him, but if we pretend he wasnt corrupt for arguments sake, he could take Bruce's statement into account.

yes, all the time. family members are also invited to speak when judges are sentencing criminals, particularly in death penalty cases.

Yes, family members testify at sentencing proceedings all the time. They don't really influence the court's decision, as the judge already knows what he will do by that point. But it gives the family members some mental comfort to speak in open court that way, on the record