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May 28, 2009

Running on a Good Trial

A fierce prosecutor in his time, Harvey Giss is adjusting to the more passive role of judge.

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By Gabe Friedman
Daily Journal Staff Writer

LOS ANGELES - By the time Harvey Giss reached the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office in 1972, his days as a sprinter were over. Giss had turned to long-distance endurance runs to work off stress from prosecuting violent, sometimes horrific crimes.

Now sitting as a criminal judge in San Fernando's North Valley District Courthouse, a frame in Giss' office features pictures of him running... (continued)

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