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Government

May 8, 2009

Public Defenders Rally to Oppose Budget Cuts

Federal judge Thelton E. Henderson was set to deliver the keynote speech at a San Francisco conference organized to discuss cuts to public defenders’ offices. But, he withdrew as a speaker following a call from Washington, D.C., warning him not to use his position to involve himself in anything political.

By Dhyana Levey
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN FRANCISCO - Standing in this city's main library before an auditorium packed with attorneys and community members, outspoken prison reform advocate and U.S. Senior District Judge Thelton E. Henderson was set to deliver the day's keynote speech. But instead, he surprised many by announcing that he wasn't being allowed to talk.

For a moment, that drama overshadowed the main task at hand of rallying oppo...

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