People who, if we could just get ahold of their being down on themselves, their mental health issues could maybe straighten out their lives. And so We created this felony diversion court so that people who might otherwise be going to prison came. The cases were assigned to me. The judge to whom the case was regularly assigned had to agree. So I just couldn't cherry pick cases. The judges, other judges would send them to me. (07:40–07:47)
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