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Jan. 26, 2011

Brian R. Van Camp

A believer in the role of jurors, Brian R. Van Camp allows them to question lawyers but once saw his instructions reversed.

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By Emily Green

Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO - Twice a week, Sacramento County Superior Court Judge Brian R. Van Camp makes the trip from his airy, sixth-floor chambers to an overflowing second-floor room of prospective jurors to give an early-morning history lesson.

With a microphone in hand, the gregarious, gray-haired judge delivers a speech that references, among others, Julius Caesar, Leon Trotsky, Vladimir Lenin and Mao Zedong. In the socie... (continued)

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