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Judges and Judiciary

Oct. 18, 1994

Drug Court Report

By B.J. Palermo

Special to the Daily Journal

In its first five months of operation, Los Angeles' Drug Court seems to be fulfilling its promise, founders say, even though about half of the participants are expected to fail.
'We know we're going to have failures,' says Municipal Court Judge Rudy Diaz of the Rio Hondo Judicial District. 'But as long as we can keep people in the program...

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