Governor Out of Order
      Governor Paterson has created a tempest by objecting to the state Commission on Judicial Nomination's not including a single female candidate among the seven it put forward to succeed Judith Kaye as the state's Chief Judge.
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Cops in the Courtroom
      A story in the New York Times last week explored whether having contingents of uniformed police officers attend the trials of those accused of murdering cops has an undue influence on juries.
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