By AP/KWMU
St. Louis, MO – A St. Louis judge on Thursday disqualified himself from the so-called Internet Twins case at the request of their mother's attorney.
The lawyer for Tranda Conley felt that Judge Steven Ohmer could not be entirely impartial in the case and asked Ohmer to disqualify himself.
Ohmer had terminated Conley's parental rights and allowed another couple to adopt the girls. Conley had been accused of trying to sell them over the Internet.
But in March, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled there was not enough evidence to terminate Conley's parental rights. Conley is trying to regain custody of her twin daughters.
Ohmer said he could be completely fair in the case, but he agreed to step away from the case.