By Karamagi Rujumba, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette All his life, Regis C. Nairn, a former district judge in Sheraden, was a man of few words. He didn't suffer fools gladly, and he had little patience for people who lacked a sense of purpose or flouted the rule of law. His son, Michael, recalled that "he didn't say much, but he meant what he said, and he never backed down" -- not even when two small bombs, one of which exploded in his car, were planted to intimidate him and his family, because of his duties as a judge, during one week in August 1986. "They were two homemade rocket bombs. One [which didn't explode] was placed in his car's tailpipe, and the other one was placed under the wheel well of the car," said Michael Nairn. The bomb that blew up his Cadillac "shook him up a bit and started him thinking that maybe it was time to...
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