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KC CURRENTS 5-6-2007

By Ty Chandler, Alex Smith and Sylvia Maria Gross

Kansas City, MO – Judge Jon Gray retires after 20 years on Jackson County's Circuit Court. He talks about the thousands of stories he witnessed in the courtroom, and the changing role of the judiciary in Missouri. Plus, voices from the recent immigrants rights rally in Kansas City and Missouri's role in the US attorney scandal.

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