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Judge Whose Son Was Killed Says Judges Need Greater Privacy - The Seattle Medium

Judge Esther Salas, the federal judge whose son was killed and husband was shot in their New Jersey home, called for greater privacy protections for judges in her first comments since the shooting.

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