It’s been a little over five years since U.S. District Court Judge Joan Lefkow in Illinois came home to discover her husband and mother dead in their basement, slain in apparent retaliation for a ruling the judge made against a white supremacist group.
The tragedy lingers in the minds of judges, prosecutors, public defenders and others who work in the criminal system. Ask them about safety concerns and they’ll mention that case. In Connecticut like elsewhere, judges and lawyers alike do everything they can to protect their privacy; some even take a different route home each day. They also worry about their home addresses becoming widely known.
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