Pretrial Services Examined
by Casey DeMoss Roberts Monday, Nov. 26, 2012 at 2:45 PM
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It's budget season, and that means intense scrutiny and heated debates in the city council chambers. In an effort to reduce the city's burgeoning jail population and deal with arrestees based on the risk they present, one program launched this spring as a pilot. Now the program is facing push back from some community members as it also struggles to obtain the funding it needs to move forward. WTUL's Zoe Sullivan has more. 7:45 min.

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