The 1989 pipe bomb murder was so important because it was the first big attack on our nation's judges, with 2 judges being killed, and a third person injured. Before this case this was near unheard for judges to be targeted and killed in such an organized fashion with parcel bombs being used to kill and harm the judge and their families. Due to these attacks, the safety of our judges and officials in the court system has been increased in order to avoid an event like this from ever happening again. This was genuinely a big problem at the time as well, making some judges afraid to do their jobs in fear of being mailed a bomb like the other 2 other judges who had been killed. Due to these reasons this is one of the most important cases ever relating to court officials safety.