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Oct. 17, 2007

Gate Keeper

Judge Jac A. Crawford must make the difficult decisions about when to release inmates with mental health problems.

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By Ryan Oliver
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      SAN LUIS OBISPO - Judge Jac A. Crawford spends most of his time on the bench presiding over a misdemeanor calendar like many criminal judges new to the bench.
      But two days each week, Crawford must make some of his more difficult decisions on the bench as inmates from Atascadero State Hospital with mental health problems are brought in... (continued)

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