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Criminal

Mar. 19, 2003

Bias Is Alleged In Rulings on Fatal Domestic Altercations

SAN FRANCISCO - Controversy has found Judge Elliot Daum in a hurry. In just two years since Daum became the first public defender to win election to the Sonoma County Superior Court, he has twice challenged Gov. Gray Davis' authority to deny parole to men who have served lengthy prison terms for killing their wives, prompting Davis' lawyers to label Daum as biased.

By Peter Blumberg
Daily Journal Staff Writer
        SAN FRANCISCO - Controversy has found Judge Elliot Daum in a hurry.
        In just two years since Daum became the first public defender to win election to the Sonoma County Superior Court, he has twice challenged Gov. Gray Davis' authority to deny parole ...

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