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Author Cordell, LaDoris H., author.

Title Her honor : my life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it / LaDoris Hazzard Cordell.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Celadon Books, 2021.
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Location Call No. Status
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Biographies  92 BIOGRAPHY CORDELL    Check Shelf
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  347.79 CORDELL    Check Shelf
 East Hartford, Raymond Library - Adult New Materials  347.7 CORDELL    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  347.794 COR    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  347.73 CORDELL    Check Shelf
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  347.794 CORDELL    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - NEW Adult Nonfiction  347.794 COR    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  BIOG CORDELL, LADORIS H.    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  347.794 CORDELL    Check Shelf
 Wethersfield Public Library - Non Fiction  347.794 CORDELL    Check Shelf
Edition First edition.
Description xxvi, 309 pages : 24 cm.
Note Includes index.
"My life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and how to change it"--Cover.
Contents Introduction. Bitten by the judge bug -- Trials and tribulations in juvenile court. Les enfants terribles: criminal cases ; Making a murderer: the felony murder rule -- Domesticity and its discontents. Family matters: marriage and divorce ; Where there's a will: court battles over the dearly departed ; Would you be mine?: adoptions ; The name game: name changes -- Juries and judges. Thank you for your service: jury duty ; Judges for sale: judicial elections ; Bad judges: judicial misconduct ; J'accuse!: judges under attack -- Hot-button Issues. Bacchus unbound: the drunk driving dilemma ; It's all in your head: mental health cases ; Parsing sentences: judicial discretion ; The art of the plea deal: the plea bargain dilemma -- Conclusion. The fix: ten suggestions for reform ; In my end is my beginning.
Summary Judge Cordell, the first African American woman to sit on the Superior Court of Northern California, knows firsthand how prejudice has permeated our legal system. And yet, she believes in the system. From ending school segregation to legalizing same-sex marriage, its progress relies on legal professionals and jurors who strive to make the imperfect system as fair as possible. Cordell takes you into her chambers where she haggles with prosecutors and defense attorneys and into the courtroom during jury selection and sentencing hearings. She uses real cases to highlight how judges make difficult decisions, all the while facing outside pressures from the media, law enforcement, lobbyists, and the friends and families of the people involved. -- Provided by publisher.
Subject Cordell, LaDoris H.
Criminal justice, Administration of -- United States.
Judges -- California -- Biography.
Women judges -- California -- Biography.
African American women judges -- California -- Biography.
LAW / General.
Criminal justice, Administration of. (OCoLC)fst00883246
African American women judges. (OCoLC)fst01201004
Judges. (OCoLC)fst00984490
Women judges. (OCoLC)fst01178081
California. (OCoLC)fst01204928
United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
Genre/Form Autobiographies. (OCoLC)fst01919894
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
Autobiographies.
Biographies.
ISBN 9781250269607 (hardcover)
1250269601 (hardcover)
9781250269584 (ebook)
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