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Nov. 29, 2010

Michael Schuur

Commissioner Michael Schuur's father taught him to be open to hearing out other peoples' ideas. He applies that philosophy to his own children and to the people who appear in his court.

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By Pat Alston

Daily Journal Staff Writer

NORWALK - The grief-stricken father spoke softly through tears as he stood before Commissioner Michael Schuur during a sentencing hearing for a teenager who had plunged a knife into the man's 17-year-old son. The boys' fight had been over a girl.

Nobody should have to die the way his son did, the man said through a Spanish interpreter. Nobody.

"I'm so sorry for what happened to your son,&q... (continued)

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