Presiding over some of Fresno County’s most publicized and wrenching criminal cases, Judge Jonathan B. Conklin’s candor, and sometimes visible emotion, during sentencing has been noted in the news media.
Conklin “got emotional” as he used the word “callous” to describe the murderer of a 17-year-old in an attempted robbery, and imposed a sentence of life without parole in March, according to an ABC 30 news report. The judge told... (continued)