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"Changes to achieve objectives included limiting plea bargaining and seeking more state prison sentences for violent felons, drug dealers and those who illegally possess guns, as well as streamlining felony prosecutions to move cases more expeditiously by eliminating unnecessary court hearings for victims, witnesses and officers. While Drug Treatment Court, Pre-trial Diversion, probation, Mental Health Court and other alternatives to incarceration are valuable options for some nonviolent offenders."
RITConvictionStudy - http://www.monroecounty.gov/documentView.asp?docID=6135
