In the United States, almost 90 percent of state judges have to run in popular elections to remain on the bench. In the past decade, this peculiarly American in

Between 15 and 20 million viewers each day watch Judge Joseph Wapner's wise decisions and gruff wit on TV's "The People's Court". But before Wapner sat on his t

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