Tough Cases: Trial Judges Tell the Sto ries of Some of the Hardest Decisions They&rsquo\;ve Ever Made. \ ; Judge Russell F. Canan\, Judge Gregory E. Mize\, Judge Frederick H. Weis berg and Judge Reggie B. Walton are co-editors and contributing authors to Tough Cases\, a collection \; of thirteen stories written by trial judges from around the country about their hardest cases. \; In addition to Judge Canan&rsquo\;s\, Judge Mize&rsquo\;s Judge Weisberg&rsq uo\;s \; challenging cases in the Superior Court\, some of the cases r eceived international attention: the Scooter Libby case by Judge Reggie Wa lton\, the Eliá\;n Gonzá\;lez case in which Judge Jennifer Bai ley had to decide whether to return a seven-year-old boy to his father in Cuba after his mother drowned trying to bring the child to the United Stat es\, and the Terri Schiavo case in which Judge George Greer had to decide whether to withdraw life support from a woman in a vegetative state over t he objections of her parents. \;
\nTough Cases demystif ies judicial decision making and gives the reader a ringside seat as to ho w trial judges wrestle with their most challenging cases.
\nJudge Ru ssell F. Canan is \; a Judge on the Superior Court of the District of Columbia. \; Judge Canan chaired a committee studying wrongful convict ions was the former Presiding Judge of the Criminal Division. \; Befor e joining the bench Judge Canan was a criminal defense lawyer and a co-fou nder of the Southern Center for Human Rights.
\nJudge Gregory E. Miz e serves as a senior judge on the D.C. Superior Court\, a judicial fellow at the National Center for State Courts\, and an adjunct professor at Geor getown U. Law Center.
\nJudge Frederick H. Weisberg is a Judge on th e Superior Court of the District of Columbia. \; Judge Weisberg chaire d the District of Columbia Sentencing Commission and was the former Presid ing Judge of the Criminal Division. \; Before joining the bench Judge Weisberg served on both the trial and appellate staff of the Public Defend er Service. \; \;
\nJudge Reggie B. Walton is currently a Se nior Judge on the United States District Court for the District of Columbi a and was a judge on the United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance C ourt. Prior to serving in his current position\, Judge Walton served as a Judge on the Superior Court for the District of Columbia\, was The Associa te Director of the Office of National Drug Control Policy in the Executive Office of the President and the Senior White House Advisor for Crime.
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