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Women and Crime

Judge Esther Salas

Women and Crime

Cloud10

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, True Crime, Science

4.73K Ratings

🗓️ 23 February 2021

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Ep 39: This woman made history as the America’s first Hispanic woman to be appointed as a federal judge, unfortunately many people only became aware of her after tragedy struck her family on the evening of July 19, 2020 when a gunman open fired. What happened that fateful night and how did this tragedy ignite change?  Sources Cited for this episode: United States District Courts, District of New Jersey, US Today, The New York Times, Washington Post, NPR NBC News, Women’s Health, NJ Monthly, New Jersey Globe, CNN, Newsweek, GMA  Sponsors:  Acorn TV - Try Acorn TV free for 30 days, by going to Acorn dot TV and use my promo code "women". Green Chef - Go to GreenChef.com/90women and use code 90women to get $90 off including free shipping! Support Our Work: The easiest way you can support us is by leaving a review, telling your friends, sharing on social media or by sending us a note. We love to hear from our audience!  You can also support the show through the following ways:  Patron - If you're enjoying the podcast and would like to hear ad-free shows, have access to exclusive AMAs with the hosts, or just want support what we are doing in general, please checkout our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/womenandcrime Merchandise - For T-shirts, Hoodies, notebooks, stickers and mugs check out https://www.womenandcrimepodcast.com/merch Credits: Written and Hosted by Amy Shlosberg and Meghan Sacks Produced and Edited by James Varga Music by Dessert Media Research by Alexis Orphanoudakis Social Links: Instagram | Facebook | YouTube | Reddit | Twitter Help is Available: If you or someone you know is a victim of domestic or other violence, there are many organizations that can offer support or help you in your specific situation.  For details please visit https://womenandcrimepodcast.com/resources/ Keywords: US District Judge, Newark, New Jersey, First Hispanic Woman Judge, Barack Obama, Teresa and Joe Giudice, Real Housewives Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This podcast may contain content that is graphic and disturbing in nature.

0:04.0

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0:06.0

She made history as America's first Hispanic woman to be appointed as a federal judge.

0:11.0

Unfortunately, many people only became aware of her after tragedy struck her family

0:15.9

on the evening of July 19, 2020, when a gunman opened fire.

0:20.5

What happened that fateful night and how did this tragedy ignite change?

0:32.1

This is Episode 39, the Esther Salas story.

0:59.1

Hi Megan.

1:00.1

Hi Amy.

1:01.1

Good to see you.

1:01.9

I want to thank one of our students for her help on this episode.

1:08.9

Thank you to Alexis Orphanodakis for her help with researching this episode.

1:14.9

Thank you Alexis.

1:15.9

Megan, today's case is interesting because I was originally going to cover a judge

1:20.2

Salas because she's a trailblazer in the field.

1:22.9

However, we're telling the story today not only about her accomplishments but unfortunately

1:28.5

also talking about her as being a victim of a very violent crime.

1:32.5

Sometimes our categories overlap.

1:34.5

Usually it's victim and offender but in this case I guess it's trailblazer and victim.

1:38.5

Exactly.

1:39.5

This happened locally right here in North Brunswick, New Jersey.

1:42.5

That's right.

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