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MONDAY NOTES

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The Cohens' respond - click here for Judge Dale Cohen's ANSWER TO NOTICE OF FORMAL CHARGES AND AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, filed May 24th, and here for the strongly worded JQC'S REPLY TO AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSES, filed May 28th. Finkelstein challenges Tobin- click here for Howard Finkelstein's reponse to Chief Judge Victor Tobin's recent letter throwing in the towel on the juvenile shackling issue.  The PD isn't going away quietly, asking Tobin to stick to his earlier promise. From the letter: "I propose that juveniles be escorted throughout the courthouse using the existing judicial hallways and elevators ... The concern for the physical and mental well-being of the children is as important an issue as the safety of the judges in the courthouse. I am not asking to prioritize the juvenile issue, but that you give it equal weight and allow them to share the judicial corridors with the judges while in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice transport officers ...continue to full post

Full post as published by JAABlog on June 01, 2010 (boomark / email).