Editing Jerry Sheindlin (section)

== Life and career ==
After serving in the Army during the Korean War, Sheindlin received a B.A. from [[Long Island University]] and a L.L.B from [[Brooklyn Law School]], in 1959. He is the author of two books, ''Genetic Fingerprinting: The Law and Science of [[DNA]] Evidence'' and ''Blood Trail''.

Following his career as a trial judge, Sheindlin became a television arbitrator when he replaced former New York City Mayor [[Ed Koch]] as the presiding judge on ''[[The People’s Court]]'' in the fall of 1999. This put him in competition with his wife [[Judith Sheindlin]], a fellow former judge who presided over top-rated court show ''[[Judge Judy]]'', which ran for 25 seasons from 1996 to 2021 and led to spin-off courtroom streaming series ''[[Judy Justice]]''. Jerry presided over ''The People’s Court'' for the 1999–2000 season and most of the 2000–2001 season, after which he left the series and was replaced by [[Marilyn Milian]].