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“A warrior of procedural justice.”
Judge Victoria Pratt is a pioneer in procedural justice. She joins Melissa Harris-Perry to explain her progressive approach to working with defendants.
Imagine a judge who scolds as if she were your mother; offers help with your problems and applauds your success. She's Victoria Pratt, presiding in Newark's Community Court, sometimes called the "social work court." It's part of what's called "procedural justice, " a new, more creative, more effective way of dealing with low level repeat offenders.
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