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Law Practice

Aug. 14, 2008

Bill to Boost Courthouse Security Awaits Approval

Pending legislation could generate roughly $5 billion to renovate and replace California’s aging courthouses. Many are rife with security problems.

By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer
This article appears on Page 1

      Cindy Baker remembers it well: a couple of gunshots and Judge Elmer Jennings darting past her office window.
      It was 1985. Jennings was new to the Tehama County bench, and Clayton Weaver was furious.
      Angry that Jennings, his ex-wife's divorce lawyer, was now a ...

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