Letters,
Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Mar. 7, 2018
Bench diversity stats mislead on disabled numbers
Only two persons with disability were appointed to the bench in 2017 in the entire state of California. From 2011 to 2017, only five persons with a disability were appointed.
East County Division
Peter A. Lynch
Judge
Arraignments
Southern Illinois University School of Law, 1984
Peter is an Afghanistan and Iraq veteran.
In the March 6 letter to the editor, "Article on Brown's judge picks only gave partial picture," Evan Westrup extols Gov. Jerry Brown's appointments to the California bench. Westrup, who is the governor's press secretary, states that Brown's picks "are by far the most diverse in the history of the state." As to some affected groups that may be true. But not for all groups, especially those with disabilities.
Westrup cites an 18 perc...
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