Therapeutic Justice – Court Philosophy

STC Title 4, Chapter 12, § 4-12.070 (Annotation 3)

Tribe: Swinomish Indian Tribal Community

Annotations – STC 4-12.070
3. Therapeutic Justice
Allowing court discretion in sentencing and probation review is consistent with tribal law and better services the interests of therapeutic justice to which the Tribal Court subscribes. SITC v. James, CrCo-2006-0213 (Swinomish Tribal Ct. July 13, 2007).

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