Law Practice,
Judges and Judiciary,
Civil Rights
Feb. 25, 2021
A better criminal justice system
We need a criminal justice system that’s prepared to serve as the caretaker of the community. We also need more domestic violence shelters, more social workers. We need more, a lot more, not less.
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.
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