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Aug. 19, 2021

Taking Extra Time

Judge John Weller urges lawyers in his misdemeanor court to try to reach an agreement before he gets involved.

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Los Angeles County (East Los Angeles)

LOS ANGELES — When he was a cyber crimes prosecutor, Judge John C. Weller explored the deepest recesses of the dark web for all kinds of illegal activity.

“People were going on these anonymous websites and committing crimes like downloading and possessing images of child exploitation,” Weller said.

Working with law enforcement agencies, Weller also prosecuted crypto currency thefts, drug sales, embezz... (continued)

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