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Archive Home > 2007 > June > 21 > Prioritizing justice

Prioritizing justice

District attorney can't prosecute all crimes, relies on alternatives

By Christopher Stollar / The Bulletin
June 21, 2007

If a first-time shoplifter walked today into a store in Deschutes County and stole a purse, a watch or anything else worth less than $50, chances are the thief would not get prosecuted.

Police might come, but the shoplifter will most likely be sent to a diversion program unless the thief has a....

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