Western Justice Center
If the public is to have confidence in the legal system, judges need to be free from political pressure, says Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Judith Chirlin.
At the same time, judges also must be held accountable for their actions if the public is to believe in an independent judiciary, Chirlin said last week.
The world-traveling jurist was just back from a speaking tour in Central and Eastern Europe, where she had been advising foreign judges and journalis... (continued)