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Perspective

Jan. 30, 2010

Boycott Threatens Independent Judiciary

District Attorney Dolores Carr appears to have forgotten that justice is not about winning or losing, write Kathleen Ridolfi and Maurice Possley of the Innocence Project.

By Kathleen Ridolfi and Maurice Possley

The decision by Santa Clara County District Attorney Dolores Carr to stop bringing criminal cases before Superior Court Judge Andrea Bryan should send a chill down the spine of all sitting judges in the county, not to mention citizens concerned about an independent judiciary.

Last week, Carr took the most unusual step of issuing a statement saying she had instructed her prosecutors to exercise their right to transfer all cri...

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