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WHAT: Investiture of Robert E. Morin as the 7th Chief Judge of DC Superior Court and Recognition of Outgoing Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield WHERE: Moultrie Courthouse, 500 Indiana Ave, NW Third Floor Atrium WHEN: Friday, October 7, 2016, 3:00 PM ...

John Domen with WTOP Radio News stopped by the first day of DC Safe Surrender 2016 and spoke with 2007 Safe Surrender participant Willie Jones and Criminal Division Presiding Judge Lynn Leibovitz Part 1 Part 2

Center in NE expands new approach to court-supervised youth WHAT: Grand Opening & Ribbon Cutting: Status Offender BARJ Drop-In Center WHERE: 920 Rhode Island Avenue, NE WHEN: Friday, September 30, 2016 at 11am WHO: Chief Judge Lee F. Satterfield ...

DC’s mayor and police chief honored graduates of the city’s drug court, which is designed to help nonviolent substance abusers quit while under supervision rather than take cases through the traditional criminal court system.

WHAT: Drug Court Commencement Ceremony and Cookout WHEN: Wednesday, September 21, 2016, 11:30AM WHERE: North Michigan Park Recreation Center 1333 Emerson Street, NE – Washington, DC 20017 WHO: Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, DC Superior Court Presiding ...

Guests: Judge Lynn Leibovitz, Deputy Presiding Judge, Criminal Division, The DC Superior Court Willie Jones, Safe Surrender Participant

For those living their lives looking over their shoulders, Operation Safe Surrender may be a chance to turn their lives around. “There are now outstanding about 12,000 bench warrants,” said Judge Lynn Leibovitz, the presiding judge of the criminal ...

Willie Jones, a former heroin user and dealer, said the program gave him the chance to try to make things right. In 2007, Jones was arrested for heroin distribution and was ordered to appear in court. But he didn’t show up for his court date, and a ...

For people in the District with bench warrants for low-level offenses hanging over their heads, they can choose to turn themselves in, starting tomorrow. The DC Office of the Attorney General announced that DC Safe Surrender is back. The program, ...

WASHINGTON, DC -- Superior Court Chief Judge Lee Satterfield, US Attorney Channing Phillips, DC Public Defender Service Director Avis Buchanan, US Marshal Michael Hughes, MPD Assistant Chief Kimberly Missouri, Pretrial Services Agency Director Cliff ...