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LA County Judge Ann Park soothes the nerves of both defendants and victims in her courtroom.

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From the 1920s until today, more than 250 California cases use the phrase. But, the pesky pedant asks, are courts and lawyers ...

The successful San Francisco ballot initiative, which permits noncitizens to vote in local elections, violates the California ...

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