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Recent Examples of justice of the peace
And King tied Angela Medlin, the woman who had confronted Marty Baker during the cattle-rustling arrests, in the race for justice of the peace.
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Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
During the 2024 general election, Chism, a Democrat, lost to Republican Wilson Hatcher of Alexander for the District 2 Saline County justice of the peace post.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
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Mitch Moxley, Rolling Stone, 27 Sep. 2025
During the 2024 general election, Chism, a Democrat, lost to Republican Wilson Hatcher of Alexander for the District 2 Saline County justice of the peace post.
—Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2025
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In mid-April, the county circuit judge allegedly told immigration agents to head to the chief judge’s office and then allowed Mexican national Eduardo Flores-Ruiz and his lawyer to use a nonpublic door to aid in escaping arrest, prosecutors said.—
Filip Timotija,
The Hill,
4 Sep. 2025
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Also from Pine Bluff, Humphrey has been a pastor at Allison Memorial Presbyterian Church for 41 years and served as the sixth judicial district circuit judge from 1992 to 2010 and was also an assistant attorney general.—
Daniel McFadin,
Arkansas Online,
2 Sep. 2025
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The 73-year-old was Nepal's first female chief justice — and is now its first female prime minister.—
Omkar Khandekar,
NPR,
20 Sep. 2025
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Jonathan Dienst Jonathan Dienst is chief justice contributor for NBC News and chief investigative reporter for WNBC-TV in New York.—
Tom Winter,
NBC news,
18 Sep. 2025
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“Justice of the peace.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/justice%20of%20the%20peace. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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