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100 1  Cordell, LaDoris H.,|eauthor. 
245 10 Her honor :|bmy life on the bench ... what works, what's 
       broken, and how to change it /|cLaDoris Hazzard Cordell. 
250    First edition. 
263    2110 
264  1 New York, NY :|bCeladon Books,|c2021. 
264  4 |c©2021  
300    xxvi, 309 pages :|c24 cm. 
336    text|btxt|2rdacontent 
337    unmediated|bn|2rdamedia 
338    volume|bnc|2rdacarrier 
500    Includes index. 
500    "My life on the bench ... what works, what's broken, and 
       how to change it"--Cover. 
505 0  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. 
520    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. --|cProvided by publisher. 
600 10 Cordell, LaDoris H. 
650  0 Criminal justice, Administration of|zUnited States. 
650  0 Judges|zCalifornia|vBiography. 
650  0 Women judges|zCalifornia|vBiography.  
650  0 African American women judges|zCalifornia|vBiography.  
650  0 Women judges.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01178081  
650  7 LAW / General.|2bisacsh 
650  7 Criminal justice, Administration of.|2fast
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650  7 African American women judges.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01201004  
650  7 Judges.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst00984490 
651  7 California.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204928 
651  7 United States.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01204155 
655  7 Autobiographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919894  
655  7 Biographies.|2fast|0(OCoLC)fst01919896 
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