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Jan. 16, 2007

Praise and Punishment

WALNUT CREEK - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clayton Mills launched a courtroom rant that made lawyers wince and caught the attention of the Commission on Judicial Performance.

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Contra Costa County Superior Court (Walnut Creek)
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

      WALNUT CREEK - Contra Costa County Superior Court Judge Bruce Clayton Mills launched a courtroom rant that made lawyers wince and caught the attention of the Commission on Judicial Performance.
      Mills was upset that prosecutors had charged two co-defendants with misdemeanors instead of felonies for stealing windows from a construction site.... (continued)

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