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Washington: No Public Funds for Deferred Prosecution Treatment Programs
Loaded on Feb. 15, 2014
published in Prison Legal News
February, 2014, page 52
The en banc Washington state Supreme Court has held that the legislature did not intend to commit public funds to cover the full cost of treatment for indigent defendants participating in deferred prosecutions.A Washington defendant charged with a misdemeanor offense may petition for deferred prosecution if the crime was ...
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