By Evan George
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - One day in 2004, Judge Clifford Klein was sitting in his Alhambra courtroom when he felt his heart sink. He recognized the young man shuffling in jail shackles, walking toward the defense table. The 18-year-old was once a trouble-making teen orphan Klein released into social services years before. He had helped the youngster stay out of the corrections system, find housing w... (continued)
Daily Journal Staff Writer LOS ANGELES - One day in 2004, Judge Clifford Klein was sitting in his Alhambra courtroom when he felt his heart sink. He recognized the young man shuffling in jail shackles, walking toward the defense table. The 18-year-old was once a trouble-making teen orphan Klein released into social services years before. He had helped the youngster stay out of the corrections system, find housing w... (continued)
