Atlanta: Fulton County program allows residents to follow court cases as they move through the system

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Atlanta: Fulton County program allows residents to follow court cases as they move through the system
The volunteers will be trained and assigned a case to follow all the way through the system.

Fulton County program allows residents to follow court cases as they move through the system

The volunteers will be trained and assigned a case to follow all the way through the system.

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It will track the cases of more than 1,400 repeat offenders who have been arrested and convicted of three felonies already and this is their fourth arrest.

The volunteers will be trained and assigned a case to follow all the way through the system, gathering data on things like when bond is granted and for how much, and the sentences handed down.

"They're also going to send anecdotal advice on what happened in the courtroom what could've been done better and what their thoughts were," said Dickens.

It's a way to watch the court and hold the system accountable.

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