Population: Youth
Legal Features: N/A
Law Type: Statute
Excerpt of Relevant Text:
Subd. 2. Establishment of program. By July 1, 1995, every county attorney shall establish a pretrial diversion program for offenders. If the county attorney’s county participates in the Community Corrections Act as part of a group of counties under section 401.02, the county attorney may establish a pretrial diversion program in conjunction with other county attorneys in that group of counties. The program must be designed and operated to further the following goals:
(1) to provide eligible offenders with an alternative to adjudication that emphasizes restorative justice;