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Saturday, September 02, 2006
Ind. Courts - Hammond Judge announces bid for re-election
The Munster (NW Indiana) Times reports today, in a story by Steve Zabroski:
After five years of running the state's busiest municipal court, Judge Jeffrey Harkin says he's ready for four more.Harkin, 54, on Thursday announced his bid for re-election.
More than 24,000 traffic tickets, ordinance violations, misdemeanor cases and civil filings were heard in Hammond City Court in 2005, and Harkin said the numbers are on a pace to exceed 30,000 this year.
But Harkin said it's his reputation of meting out fair and equal justice, and his encouragement of community involvement in his courtroom, that are the most significant accomplishments during his tenure.
His graffiti-removal program has erased more than 10,000 incidents of tagging, and his community service sentences for minor offenders have totaled more than 7,500 hours per year spent cleaning up publicly owned properties in the city.
Posted by Marcia Oddi on September 2, 2006 10:53 AM
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