Los Angeles County (Los Angeles)
LOS ANGELES — The past five years has seen a sea change in the state’s approach to criminal justice, and there may be no one who’s seen how it’s been applied on such a large scale than Judge Sam Ohta, who supervises the Los Angeles County Superior Court’s criminal division.
Ohta recently completed his first year as the county’s presiding criminal judge following two years as assistant presiding judge. He’s responsible for... (continued)