{"id":39146,"date":"2022-03-11T11:31:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/?p=39146"},"modified":"2022-03-11T11:31:41","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T18:31:41","slug":"criminal-diversion-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newmexicopbs.org\/productions\/newmexicoinfocus\/criminal-diversion-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Criminal Diversion Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Criminal Diversion Program | The Line\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jRpYQu_Ic68?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3.11.2022 &#8211; <\/strong>The District Attorney for New Mexico\u2019s largest county says public defenders are not taking advantage of a criminal diversion program as often as they should. 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