LOS ANGELES — When Justice Halim Dhanidina was prosecuting a murder case once, the defense attorney told the jury, “The prosecutor’s view of mercy is different from all of our views. Maybe that’s because he’s from a different tradition.”
Dhanidina, now the highest ranking Muslim jurist in the nation since his elevation last year to the 2nd District Court of Appeal, recalled he was too stunned to object and the judge did ... (continued)