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644,000 Old Warrants Scrapped for Crimes Like Public Drinking

A move by several New York district attorneys to dismiss years-old summonses was the latest effort in the city to reduce the number of people tried for nonviolent crimes. [Source]

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Origin: nytimes.com

Category: Crime and Criminals

Topics: crimes, nonviolent, tried, people, number, reduce, effort, latest, summonses, years-old, dismiss, attorneys, district, several, Drinking, Public, Crimes, Scrapped, Warrants

Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/09/nyregion/644000-old-warrants-scrapped-for-crimes-like-public-drinking.html?partner=rss&emc=rss