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Nashville launches Survivors First diversion program to keep qualifying survivors out of court
Summary
The Davidson County District Attorney's Office and the YWCA of Middle Tennessee on Saturday described Survivors First, a diversion program that pauses certain misdemeanor cases against victims of intimate-partner violence and connects them to services instead of prosecution.
The Davidson County District Attorney's Office and the YWCA of Middle Tennessee on Saturday publicly described Survivors First, a survivor-defendant diversion program that pauses certain misdemeanor charges against people who are known victims of intimate-partner violence and connects them with support services instead of prosecution.
The program was presented in a short video and by partners at the Meet Us at the Bridge memorial. The video said participants must be identified as survivors of intimate-partner violence, be charged only with a misdemeanor and have no severe or ongoing…
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