Watchdog group critiques Montgomery County judges who issue restraining orders

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Five years ago, Laurie Duker took a job helping abused women get restraining orders in Montgomery County. What she saw stunned her: Some judges belittled people or didn't give women the protection Duker thought they needed. The final straw, she said, was when a judge asked a man where he was from, heard "El Salvador" and said from the bench: "Figures."

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Stephanie McCrummen 03 Oct, 2011

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