Harris County DA Pat Lykos announced that it will allow first CFA of time to apply for conversion before the trial or be eligible for a deferred prosecution:
The County of Harris District Attorney Pat Lykos announced plans Friday for a program that allows the DWI offenders and drugs of first to avoid condemnation, an idea, she acknowledged could be a hard sell to the public.
The plan, called provisional diversion and should begin in August, was warmly approved by counsel for the defence of the County, the Sheriff of Deputies and the Houston police officers Union, but strongly opposed by the local chapter of mothers against drunk drivers.
"What we are trying to do is prevent recidivism." Therefore, it is an approach to the carrot-stick, "Said Lykos." "To the DWI, this is an absolute scourge in Harris County." If we can get the first offence, get treatment... and divert them so that they do not become repeat offenders, which will have enormous dividends. And the same for possession of drugs for the first time. »
This approach has been, and I know that I am myself here, "supported by sheriff deputies and the Houston police officers unions" repeat. For the whole of the Act and to direct people there, is not this endorsement convince you that it cannot be an all-bad idea, it can?
Zut, same County of Williamson, not known for its soft-on-crime reputation allows the DWI defendants without criminal history request what they call an Intervention before the trial - the same that of the County of Travis diversion before the trial.
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