Riverside County (Riverside)
RIVERSIDE -- In her first week on the bench, Judge Cheryl C. Murphy had to pursue the last option on the table in juvenile dependency court: terminating parental rights.
"I do recall the feeling of having a lump in my throat and continue to feel that way each and every time," she explained. "Every single one of those is difficult for me. Every single one."
Murphy makes such a decision, w... (continued)