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Letters,
Judges and Judiciary

Apr. 9, 2011

AB 1208 Embraces Necessary Judicial Reform

Judge W. Kent Hamlin of the Fresno County Superior Court responds to "Prematurely Attending One's Own Funeral."

W. Kent Hamlin

Judge (ret.)

Justice Arthur Gilbert has served as a trial court judge and as a justice of the Court of Appeal for over 35 years. He has the experience and temperament to fairly evaluate the concerns that have been expressed for the last 18 months by the Alliance of California Judges. Instead, by his mocking piece, "Prematurely Attending One's Own Funeral," April 4, Justice Gilbert himself illustrates the validity of those concerns.

First, his reference to the "so-called" Alliance of Ca...

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