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Providence municipal judge declines fines for defendant in treatment, citing risk to recovery
Summary
An unidentified judge in the Municipal Court of Providence declined to impose fines on an unnamed defendant who said they have been in treatment at the Galilee Mission for about 67 days, saying fines could be counterproductive and risk a return to addiction.
An unidentified judge presiding in the Municipal Court of Providence declined to impose fines on an unnamed defendant who said they are living at the Galilee Mission, a treatment facility, and have been there about 67 days.
The judge opened the exchange with a remark about resilience — “So so you got knocked down. So it's not a sin to get knocked down. It's a sin not to get back up” — then said the defendant appeared to…
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