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Oct. 3, 2022

For Judge Laura W. Halgren probation revocation hearing is chance to rehabilitate

“In any given day I can have 50 cases, possibly, mornings and afternoons, plus other matters: motions, probations violations. … There are a lot of competing factors that I have to weigh,” said San Diego Judge Laura W. Halgren.

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San Diego County (San Diego)

SAN DIEGO — Her role is to make decisions, Judge Laura W. Halgren said, “so I need to listen to both sides and determine what is fair and appropriate given the circumstances. There are a lot of competing factors that I have to weigh.”

Those hard decisions are coming to an end, though, as Halgren is retiring in mid-January after 21 years on the San Diego County Superior Court and 17 in practice, mostly as a state prosecutor.

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