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| | Willamette Week Online | Cover Story | JUDGE DREAD (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | In the '90s, Presiding Judge Donald Londer had her run the misdemeanor and drug dockets, where she drew praise from some for running a tight ship, but also criticism for pressuring lawyers to get their clients to plea-bargain to help relieve the court's backlog of cases. |
 | | Given the gravity of her goal, Baker's hearings are deceptively casual: She is wont to veer into personal conversations about her ex-husband or her recent trip to visit family in Alaska, where, she is happy to say, she caught halibut, saw moose and eagles, and filleted 17 salmon in record time. |
 | | The complaint contends that Stebbeds was not adequately notified of his need for a lawyer, and that the judge was not impartial and should have recused herself from the probation-violation hearing. |
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