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A probation hearing should not feel like a life-or-death event, but sometimes it does. I’m Heidi, and I’m telling a Judge Wisman story from Snohomish County that still sits heavy with me because it shows how quickly a courtroom can turn from procedure into pure fear. When a client walks into my office shaking, he’s not being dramatic. He’s already lived through years of probation where he believes the judge will violate him with a lie right at the finish line, just when his family and work ar...