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Apr. 13, 2007

In Their Shoes

Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Ricardo Cordova, who testified in Scott Peterson's murder trial, empathizes with witnesses in his courtroom.

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Stanislaus County Superior Court
By Amy Yarbrough
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      MODESTO - Stanislaus County Superior Court Judge Ricardo Cordova knows too well the butterflies in witnesses' stomachs when they testify in court. He had them - huge ones - when he testified during the international media circus that was Scott Peterson's murder trial.
      Cordova, who lived in Peterson's neighborhood, had been a Superior Cou... (continued)

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