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Mar. 18, 2010

Robert Twiss

Judge Robert Twiss of Sacramento County Superior Court does not make it easy for prospective jurors to avoid their civic obligations.

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Robert Twiss
Sacramento County (Sacramento) Superior Court

By Amy Yarbrough

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Listening to potential jurors explain why they couldn't sit on a burglary trial recently, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Robert Twiss expressed understanding, yet was not quite ready to let them off the hook for a year.

One woman explained she was recently divorced and was working two jobs, on top of taking care of a mentally ill son.

Twiss acknowledged her hardships, but sugges... (continued)

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