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Aug. 17, 1981

Cruz Reynoso

Why does the law seem to act so often against poor people? Justice Cruz Reynoso became visibly agitated as he pondered his own question and his normally soft voice grew loud.

This profile originally appeared in the Daily Journal on August 17, 1981.

Why does the law seem to act so often against poor people?

Justice Cruz Reynoso became visibly agitated as he pondered his own question and his normally soft voice grew loud. He all but bounced in his chair.

"In the courts we so often find the poor being the ones who are coming before us, and we're taking their rights away,'' he complained.

As a justice of th...

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