The King County District Court Regional Veterans Court is the veterans court component of King County District Court, Washington's largest court of limited jurisdiction,[1] including the city of Seattle. The regional court was established in June 2012, and was intended to divert nonviolent veterans to mental health and drug treatment programs.[2][3][4] By September 2014, the court had served over 50 veterans.[5]

State senator Manka Dhingra helped create the court when she worked for the county prosector's office.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Information about King County District Court, King County, Washington, retrieved 2017-12-19
  2. ↑ "Court for Veterans Is Money Well Spent", The Seattle Times (Op-ed), June 15, 2012, archived from the original on November 15, 2018
  3. ↑ Michael Finkle, Veterans Courts: A Systemic Approach to Social Justice, Washington State Bar Association, archived from the original on July 31, 2016
  4. ↑ Keith Ervin; Jennifer Sullivan (August 31, 2011), "City, county to start up special veterans courts; Nonviolent crimes; Hope is that drug and mental-health issues can be treated quickly.", The Seattle Times, archived from the original on December 22, 2017
  5. ↑ King County government (November 10, 2014), King County 'Veterans Court' exceeding expectations (Press release), Renton, Washington – via Renton Reporter{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  6. ↑ O'Sullivan, Joseph (October 22, 2017). "Trump victory helped propel Eastside Democrat into high-stakes Senate race". The Seattle Times. p. B1. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
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