Note: much of the information gathered in this piece was collected through conversations with judges and survey results.
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Da-sol, Kim, and Yoon Min-sik. “Mob attack marks first major incident of unauthorized entry and violence at Korean court since 1990s.” The Korean Herald, January 20, 2025. https://www.koreaherald.com/article/10402931.
“French lawyers denounce threats against Sarkozy trial judge.” The New Arab. September 28, 2025. https://www.newarab.com/news/french-lawyers-denounce-threats-against-sarkozy-trial-judge.
Gilbert, David. “Violent Threats Against US Judges are Skyrocketing Online.” Wired, May 14, 2025. https://www.wired.com/story/violent-threats-us-judges-increase-online/.
“John P. Slough I Biography.” Battlefields.org, Accessed 2025. https://www.battlefields.org/learn/biographies/john-p-slough.
Jordan, Dearbail. “Albanian judge shot dead in court by man during trial.” BBC, October 7, 2025. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx25zvy78ldo.
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“Judge killed in violence-plagued Mexican city a day after president's visit,” Reuters. December 12, 2024. https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/judge-killed-violence-plagued-mexican-city-day-after-presidents-visit-2024-12-12/.
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Kirkpatrick, David, and Mayy El Sheikh. “Egypt Locks Morsi in Soundproof Cage During Trial.” New York Times, January 28, 2014. https://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/29/world/middleeast/egypt-morsi-trial.html#:~:text=Jan.,by%20chanting%20against%20military%20rule.
Khurram, Shahjahan. “Pakistan government vows action after death threats to top judge over ‘blasphemy’ accusations.” Arab News, July 29, 2024. https://www.arabnews.pk/node/2558646/pakistan.
Maher, Jake. “NJ Judicial Privace Law is Unconstitutional, 3rd Circ. Told.” Law360, April 15, 2025. https://www.law360.com/articles/2325850.
Monaghan, Elaine. “Russian attacks kill top judge and three others in Ukraine's Kharkiv, officials say.” Reuters. September 28, 2024. https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/russian-air-strike-kills-3-ukraines-kharkiv-region-regional-governor-says-2024-09-28/.
Monyak, Suzanne. “State Court Judges Face Threats as Congress Weighs Security Bill.” Bloomberg Law, September 25, 2025. https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/state-court-judges-face-threats-as-congress-weighs-security-bill.
Moore, Steven. “Threats to judges a threat to justice.” Australian Judicial Officers Association. July 25, 2025. https://www.ajoa.asn.au/news-media/international-day-for-judicial-wellbeing/.
Mora, David. “A People’s Court? Weighing Mexico’s First Election for Judges.” International Crisis Group, May 26, 2025. https://www.crisisgroup.org/qna/latin-america-caribbean/central-america/mexico/peoples-court-weighing-mexicos-first-elections-for-judges.
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Yadav, Krishna, and Pratishtha Bagai. “NCLT Hearing Hack: Wake-Up Call to Bolster Courts’ Cybersecurity.” Mint, January 12, 2025. https://www.livemint.com/news/india/nclt-hearing-hack-a-wake-up-call-to-bolster-courts-cybersecurity-11736666586781.html.