KQED NEWSROOM: Chief Justice Cantil-Sakauye

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Channel: KQED News · 2013 · News & Politics

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In her nearly three years as Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court, Tani Cantil-Sakauye has weathered severe state budget cuts, revolt by a band of unhappy lower court judges and controversy over a bloated statewide computer system she inherited from her predecessor.  This week she sat down with senior correspondent Scott Shafer to talk about crime, punishment and how growing up the daughter of Filipino-Portuguese farmworkers affects her view from the bench.

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