Special Circumstances Court To Be Launched in New Zealand
"Repeat drug offenders, the homeless, addicts and the mentally ill will soon have their day in a special court that will "sentence" them to treatment programmes instead of jail.
The special circumstances court, modelled on so-called "drug courts" common in the US, Australia, the UK and Canada, will be launched in Auckland next month."
For full article, see: http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/crime/3955558/New-court-for-homeless-add...
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