Eight graduate from Queens’ treatment court

Eight graduate from Queens’ treatment court

Last week, eight Queens residents graduated from the borough’s treatment courts. The courts are designed to divert people away from traditional criminal prosecution and toward services that could help them turn their life around. They may soon be expanding.

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Chief judge backs pair of criminal justice reform bills

Chief judge backs pair of criminal justice reform bills

New York’s top judge last week urged Albany to pass into law a pair of bills that he said would go a long way toward reforming the state’s sentencing laws and toward correcting historic inequities in the state’s criminal justice system.

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