After spending a few weeks in his new seventh-floor courtroom in the DeKalb County Judicial Tower, Superior Court Judge Robert J. Castellani realized that his juries were staring directly at a clock on the opposite wall.
Not wanting jury members to constantly be reminded of the papers stacking up on their desks at work or the hours they were being kept away from their families, Castellani removed the clock and replaced it with framed artwork. He later hung more art, including reproductions of the Sistine Chapel and portraits of deceased DeKalb County judges, in an effort to make the courtroom less “austere,” he said.
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