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Dimmick: Everybody could see it coming. Hughes: What a tragedy. Dimmick: Oh, I know. … You think, “Why me? Why her?” Hughes: Besides the fact that you’re both women who happen to be judges, and I assume she has kids as well, you’re philosophically – Dimmick: She never had any children. Hughes: So she doted on yours? Dimmick: Exactly. Hughes: So you’re pals, and you’re judges. Dimmick: That’s right. Hughes: And you’re philosophically kindred. Dimmick: Exactly. Hughes: You’ve been characterized as being someone with a lot of compassion for firsttime offenders and people who’ve had some really bad luck, and for being hell on wheels when it comes to some recidivistic piece of crap. Dimmick: They know me very well, don’t they? Hughes: So when you start thinking about the notorious murderer Charles Rodman Campbell and (the nature of his crimes) it’s breathtaking, isn’t it? Dimmick: I had that Campbell case. Hughes: I know. I’ll get to it in just a bit. ... Did the King County commissioners appoint you to the District Court bench in 1965? Dimmick: Yes. I got appointed by two Democrats and one Republican – and Chuck Carroll. Hughes: Did politics really matter in getting the job? Some people write about it as if it did. Dimmick: It probably does, but in that particular case it didn’t. I think Chuck put the fix in. He knew everybody, and I got the job. Hughes: So now you’re there on the bench and you realize that you like it. Dimmick: It’s fine. It was a good job for a woman with kids because when your calendar is over you can leave. So I would be able to get home on some days quite early. 52
Hughes: What kind of cases did you hear in District Court? Dimmick: Mostly traffic. A lot of small claims; a lot of small civil cases; a lot of drunk driving cases; a lot of traffic cases because I had State Patrol and the Sheriff’s Office, plus the municipalities, the police forces; they were all out arresting people. So it was heavy on that. Hughes: Did you form any opinions about drivingwhile-intoxicated cases? Dimmick: Yes – you don’t want to do it! And you know in the Prosecutor’s Office we used to all go out and have drinks afterwards, and somebody would say, “Are you going to drive home?” And someone would say, “Well, The Seattle Times spotlights Carolyn Dimmick’s appointment to the King County District Court in 1965. I’m too drunk to walk!” That kind of thing. It was kind of a joke. … It was just kind of not the stigma that it certainly developed into. Hughes: But on the bench, when you saw the toll it took …. 53
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