Kings County Superior Court
HANFORD -- Kings County Commissioner Mark Skinner often repeats back to parties in his family law court the stories they tell him because he wants them to feel like "they have been seen and understood."
The commissioner said he knows that he doesn't have a lot in common with most of the parties, many of whom are older, members of racial minorities or formerly incarcerated. "The group does not trust people like me," he... (continued)