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Jun. 4, 2009

A Helping Hand

Fresno County Superior Court Judge Denise Whitehead has helped out both young offenders and rookie lawyers.

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A Helping Hand
Fresno County Superior Court
By Laura Ernde
Daily Journal Staff Writer

FRESNO - Watching young offenders shuffle in and out of her courtroom every day, Fresno County Superior Court Judge Denise Whitehead realized too many of them were not getting the mental health help they needed.

But instead of just complaining about the problem, Whitehead did something about it.

In 2006, she and Linda Penner, then head of Fresno County's juvenile probation system, brought to... (continued)

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