9/9/2008--Olympia, WA, USA..Tyler Sims (28) fights back tears as Judge Richard A. Strophy lectures him about his commitment to the drug court program. Sims has been sober for 6 months and was addicted to cocaine. Judge Strophy participated in the founding of Thurston County Superior Courts Adult Drug Court in 1998 and has been the presiding drug court judge ever since....The Thurston County drug court program, which started in 1994, allows nonviolent drug offenders to opt for rehabilitation...
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9/9/2008--Olympia, WA, USA..Tyler Sims (28) fights back tears as Judge Richard A. Strophy lectures him about his commitment to the drug court program. Sims has been sober for 6 months and was addicted to cocaine. Judge Strophy participated in the founding of Thurston County Superior Courts Adult Drug Court in 1998 and has been the presiding drug court judge ever since....The Thurston County drug court program, which started in 1994, allows nonviolent drug offenders to opt for rehabilitation instead of going to jail. If defendants don't comply with the courts programs of, they have to serve their jail sentences. Hundreds of people have graduated from drug court, and supporters claim it has saved millions of dollars in incarceration costs and the costs associated with recidivism...©2008 Stuart Isett. All rights reserved.
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