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Mar. 8, 2009

Tough Love Guides Judge

Judge Marta S. Diaz works tirelessly to help delinquents and abused youth, but she takes no guff from juvenile offenders who disobey the rules.

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Tough Love Guides Judge
San Mateo County Superior Court
By John Roemer
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SAN MATEO - San Mateo County Superior Court Judge Marta S. Diaz still seethes about the teenager accused of murder who escaped from the juvenile lockup right outside her chambers window.

"I wish I'd seen him," said Diaz, gazing at the spot where a year ago the youth boosted himself through netting over a recreation yard and fled to the border. "I'd have caught the little bastard myself before he go... (continued)

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