Local Judge's View: Treatment courts helping build safer, stronger Northland

Local Judge's View: Treatment courts helping build safer, stronger Northland

Treatment courts helping build safer, stronger Northland Steve Hanke Local Judge’s View In our courtrooms, we see a heartbreaking pattern play out over and over again: Addiction, mental illness, and trauma lead people into the criminal-justice system, and our communities suffer the consequences. As a judge, I see this cycle daily. But I’ve also seen how treatment courts can break it. Here in Minnesota’s 6th Judicial District — serving Cook, Lake…

Todd retiring as drug treatment court judge

The Hon. Roderick M. Todd Jr. is stepping down after seven years as the presiding judge of the Kershaw County Drug Treatment Court, part of the Fifth Circuit Solicitor’s Office. The Hon. John “Johnny” D. Kornegay III, will assume the…