The labyrith of the Riverside County Hall of Injustice

by Mary Shelton Friday, Apr. 27, 2001 at 10:53 PM
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The Hall of Injustice in Riverside County sucks thousands of people inside its doors each year. For 20 activists prosecuted for shutting down and praying on the 91 freeway, it was an education in the dysfunctional legal system in this country.

On the second floor of the Hall of Justice, in downtown Riverside, up the flight of stairs in the middle of the building is courtroom 22, the holding pattern for misdemeanor defendants in the western county. Presiding commissioner #22, a bored looking man, with brown hair and glasses sat at the bench for a few moments, each hour before retreating to his chambers to do whatever men in black robes do, when they don

Original: The labyrith of the Riverside County Hall of Injustice