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Department 25 in the North County Division of San Diego Superior Court sits at the end of a third-floor hallway, sheltered from most of the building’s swirling traffic of criminal and civil cases.
One recent morning, giggling kids wrapped in clothes hand-picked for a special day shattered the relative calm. Hugs, photos and court-furnished teddy bears punctuated an adoption hearing rushing to a heartwarming close.
Then in a blink, the courtroom ushered out the new families — along with the smiles.
The room plunged into disturbing darkness amid graphic, grisly testimony about alleged rapes and kidnappings involving.