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	Philly Judge Who Ran Grand Juries in Deadly Abortion Clinic, Priest-abuse Cases Stepping down The Republic April 28, 2011 http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/1ca6f2c58c8245aa8d05905e2a0c9eff/PA--Judge-Steps-Down/ PHILADELPHIA — A Philadelphia judge is leaving the bench after overseeing some of the city's biggest cases of the past two years. The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that Renee Cardwell Hughes has submitted a resignation letter. Hughes supervised the grand juries that issued reports about a deadly abortion clinic and a priest-abuse case involving a Roman Catholic church official, three other priests and a teacher. She also presided over the recent murder trials of three police killers. The 55-year-old Hughes is in the midst of her second 10-year term on the Court of Common Pleas. President Judge Pamela Pryor Dembe confirms that she has received Hughes' resignation letter. Hughes did not immediately return a message left in her chambers.
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