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Judge rebuked for aiding suspect in robbery case
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly publicly rebuked Judge Laura Blackburne for interfering with a robbery case in her courtroom. Blackburne warned a detective amid a planned arrest, ordered the suspect to a halfway house, and later the suspect was arrested about 12 hours afterward amid protests from police unions. Blackburne’s past controversies include a 1992 housing authority controversy and an unqualified 1995 judicial election win.
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