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Oct. 11, 2010

Michael J. Rushton

Judge Michael J. Rushton's former career as a hardcore gang and homicide prosecutor did not prepare him for the fallout from the 'train wreck of humanity' that crushes the spirits of children who appear before him in dependency court.

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Michael J. Rushton

Michael Rushton

Riverside County (Murrieta)
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By Jason W. Armstrong

Daily Journal Staff Writer

MURRIETA - For all the years Michael Rushton tried to put the bad guys away as a hard-core gang and homicide prosecutor, it wasn't until he began presiding over juvenile dependency cases as a judge that he fully realized the jarring side effects of criminal cases.

"In a sense, it exposed me to a sort of parallel universe I never saw as a prosecutor," Rushton said recently between dependency m... (continued)

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