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News 5 first noticed the abundance of dogs present at the courthouse earlier this year, when Judge Timothy McCormick's rescue, Jackie, made an appearance during a sentencing.
For years, Judge Nancy Margaret Russo brought her two dogs, Angel and Maggie, to her chambers and quickly noticed they had gathered quite the following. "The courthouse is a tense place and a dog goes a long way to diffusing some of that tension," Judge David Matia, whose dog, Duncan, makes frequent visits to the courthouse, said."Duncan is our drug court mascot. It’s like you’re bringing the calmness of home to work and that helps with the job.""I think it makes people more productive," he said.
Every judge News 5 spoke with said that their dogs do not visit every day, but rather a few times a week at most.
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