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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 4005426" data-attributes="member: 12952"><a href="https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/03/26/suffolk-district-attorney-rollins-policy-memo" target="_blank">Suffolk DA Rollins Lays Out Plans For Leniency For Low-Level, Nonviolent Offenses</a>In a 65-page <a href="http://www.suffolkdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Rachael-Rollins-Policy-Memo.pdf" target="_blank">policy memo</a>, Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Monday laid out her vision of &quot;progressive prosecution,&quot; centered on dismissing low-level, nonviolent offenses, or resolving them without jail time.<a href="https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/03/0326_rollins-memo.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/03/0326_rollins-memo-1000x780.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a>The memo says that many of these crimes are &quot;driven by economic, mental health, and social needs.&quot; Rollins hopes the reforms will help her reach her goal of minimizing the impact of the criminal justice system, especially for racial minorities and the poor, who are disproportionately affected by incarceration.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 4005426, member: 12952"] [URL="https://www.wbur.org/news/2019/03/26/suffolk-district-attorney-rollins-policy-memo"]Suffolk DA Rollins Lays Out Plans For Leniency For Low-Level, Nonviolent Offenses[/URL] In a 65-page [URL='http://www.suffolkdistrictattorney.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/The-Rachael-Rollins-Policy-Memo.pdf']policy memo[/URL], Suffolk County District Attorney Rachael Rollins on Monday laid out her vision of "progressive prosecution," centered on dismissing low-level, nonviolent offenses, or resolving them without jail time. [URL='https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/03/0326_rollins-memo.jpg'][IMG]https://d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net/wp/2019/03/0326_rollins-memo-1000x780.jpg[/IMG][/URL] The memo says that many of these crimes are "driven by economic, mental health, and social needs." Rollins hopes the reforms will help her reach her goal of minimizing the impact of the criminal justice system, especially for racial minorities and the poor, who are disproportionately affected by incarceration. [/QUOTE]

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