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In King County, Washington, The Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion program identifies people arrested for low-level drug or prostitution offenses and diverts them away from the criminal justice system and into community-based services. This helps those arrested to make things right and get back on their feet, and reserves expensive criminal justice system resources for more serious cases. lawyer attorney, orange county attorneys

President Obama proposed a critical expansion of pretrial diversion programs in his budget blueprint for fiscal year 2016. The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation announced last month that it is making an initial $75 million investment in the Safety and Justice Challenge, a multi-year initiative that seeks to address over-incarceration by changing the way Americans think about and use jails. This will support more local innovations—with judges, prosecutors, defense counsel, law enforcement, corrections officers, service providers, and community members working together. los angeles attorneys, orange county law

A key suspect in the 2012 south side explosion case will remain behind bars until at least September. top lawyer, civil lawyers Bob Leonard is accused, along with his brother Mark, Monserrate Shirley and Gary Thompson of setting the explosion at Richmond Hill in November 2012 that killed Dion and Jennifer Longworth and damaged or destroyed more than 80 homes. attorney criminal law

Bob Leonard’s hearing lasted 13 minutes. Judge Frances Gull was scheduled to address potentially up to 16 different motions that have been filed in the case. Rather than address those Wednesday, Judge Gull set aside three days in September for hearing on all those motions, including Bob Leonard’s request to reduce his bail amount. That’s something prosecutors have said they aren’t sure will happen at that point. bankruptcy attorney, top dui lawyer