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Harry Reasoner 60 minutes School for Judges screenshot
Harry Reasoner 60 minutes School for Judges screenshot

John Burdette Pratt remembers being wary. It was spring 1990 and he had just been appointed to fill a newly created judgeship in his hometown of Vale, Oregon. It’s a small town in the extreme eastern pa...

A generation ago, he was the NJC’s star student

John Burdette Pratt remembers being wary. It was spring 1990 and he had just been appointed to fill a newly created judgeship in his hometown of Vale, Oregon. It’s a small town in the extreme eastern pa...

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