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Apr. 3, 2018

Community Commissioner

Ventura Commissioner William Redmond says the justice system is like a group of village elders.

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Community Commissioner

William R. Redmond

Ventura County (Ventura)

Career Highlights: Retired 2022, Elected commissioner by the judges of the Ventura County Superior Court, Aug. 1, 2008; senior deputy district attorney, Ventura County, 2005-08; supervising deputy district attorney, 1997-2005; deputy district attorney, 1990-97

Law School: Ventura College of Law, 1990
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VENTURA — As a child, Commissioner William Redmond feared being crushed by the thumb of God.

He blames it on the books he read in Catholic school that he remembers as depicting the Old Testament deity as a disembodied hand emerging from the heavens to dispense judgment. This image of an all-powerful, terrifying judge has lingered with Redmond throughout his decade-long tenure as a bench officer. “There’s this perception... (continued)

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