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Threats against judges mushroom, marshals say

May. 29, 2009
The number of threats against federal judges and prosecutors has increased from 500 in 2003 to 1,278 in 2008, the U.S. Marshals Service said. In 2005, authorities say, a man who was distraught about the dismissal of his medical malpractice case murdered the husband and mother of Judge Joan Lefkow...
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