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Judge not afraid to make unpopular decision

The judge who sent John White to prison yesterday has been known to provoke anger from the bench.

Last year, Suffolk County Court Judge Barbara R. Kahn sent an 18-year-old man to prison for 38 years after a jury found he played a relatively minor role in a Bay Shore robbery and sadistic sexual attack involving two other teenage suspects.

Terrance Terrell's sentence was more than that...

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