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Sacramento County (Sacramento)
By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer
Daily Journal Staff Writer
SACRAMENTO — When juvenile dependency litigants step in front of Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Laurie Earl, they may not realize they're making their case to someone who spent much of her career overseeing murder trials.
But prosecutors and child advocacy attorneys both describe a compassionate, detail-oriented judge. Sacramento County As... (continued)