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Oct. 15, 2012

Kandis A. Westmore

U.S. Magistrate Judge Kandis A. Westmore tells defendants they can do better.

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Northern District of California (Oakland)

By Hadley Robinson

Daily Journal Staff Writer

OAKLAND - As one of two U.S. magistrate judges in Oakland, Kandis Westmore is the first judicial officer that hundreds of accused criminals see when they step into court.

And when she talks to the defendants, often young and in federal court for crimes like drug dealing or firearms possession, she thinks of her two young adult sons. The judge looks the defendants straight in the eye and tells them she thinks ... (continued)

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