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Sep. 23, 2014

Teresa T. Sullivan

Teresa T. Sullivan employs empathy and understanding in presiding over a juvenile dependency court

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Teresa T. Sullivan
Los Angeles County (Lancaster)

By Brian Cardile

Daily Journal Staff Writer

LANCASTER - It was her first child homicide case. Looking through discovery photos, then-Deputy District Attorney Teresa Sullivan saw two young boys with gunshot head wounds inflicted by their mother.

The images overwhelmed Sullivan, a veteran gang prosecutor and no stranger to gore. But, more than the grisly scenes, one item in particular drew Sullivan's notice: the defendant had spent her adolescence in d... (continued)

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