
By Brian Cardile
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - As a longtime defense lawyer, Connie R. Quinones handled countless cases with agonizing and horrifying fact patterns, including one that merited a death penalty sentence. But such excruciation doesn't compare to the heart-rending matters she now hears as a dependency judge on the Los Angeles Superior Court bench.
"It's a completely different burden on my heart," Quinones said of ... (continued)