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Government

Oct. 10, 2012

Facts are what really matter in Mirkarimi case

The Board of Supervisors must understand, as did the Ethics Commission, that their decision will send a message to perpetrators and victims of domestic violence. By Mary C. Morgan


By Mary C. Morgan


Over the course of three decades, I served as a San Francisco Municipal Court and Superior Court judge. For several years, I had the privilege of presiding over the Domestic Violence Court. In every criminal case, but particularly in domestic violence cases, the facts matter. Tuesday, when the Board of Supervisors decides whether San Francisco Sheriff Ross Mirkarimi committed official misconduct, it will be, as it should, the facts that matter m...

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