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Utah Judge Raymond Uno, whose life took him from a Japanese concentration camp to the state bench, dies at 93

The Ogden native served in World War II, was a civil rights activist going back to the early 1960s, and remained active in Utah’s Japanese American community throughout his life.

(Scott Sommerdorf | The Salt Lake Tribune) Retired judge Raymond S. Uno, seen here in April 26, 2018, spent three years in a Japanese concentration camp in Wyoming, served in the military and went on to become Utah's first minority state judge. Uno died Friday, March 8, 2024 at the age of 93.