Los Angeles County (San Fernando)
Daily Journal photo
SAN FERNANDO — Pausing her monologue, Judge Hilleri Merritt took a deep breath, bowed her head, and brought her fingertips to the corners of her eyes.
“My mom was very sick, and she died that summer. And for the first couple months when I came back to work, I was just really, really quiet.”
Merritt said her uncharacteristic silence left her staff taken aback. “I don’t think anyone kne... (continued)
