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Criminal
Nov. 9, 2020
Domestic violence columnist should look to San Diego
In an Oct. 26 column “A dangerous policy of inaction in domestic violence cases,” Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Cindy Wallace criticizes domestic violence reforms proposed by the newly elected George Gascón as a “seemingly humane proposal fraught with unintended consequences.”
Eugene M. Hyman
Judge (Ret.)
San Clara County Superior Court
Santa Clara Univ Law School
Eugene is a retired judge of the Santa Clara County Superior Court, where for 20 years he presided over cases in the criminal, civil, probate, family and delinquency divisions of the court. He has presided over an adult domestic violence court and in 1999 presided over the first juvenile domestic violence and family violence court in the United States.
In an Oct. 26 column "A dangerous policy of inaction in domestic violence cases," Los Angeles County Deputy District Attorney Cindy Wallace criticizes domestic violence reforms proposed by the newly elected George Gascón as a "seemingly humane proposal fraught with unintended consequences."
Wallace argues the policy, under which victims would no longer be required to testify...
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