PBS News Hour

Warrant clinics take care of legal issues without jail time

In the United States, there are millions of outstanding warrants and the vast majority stem from low-level offenses like traffic violations. To clear these warrants and keep people out of jail, one group is taking a closer look at why people miss court in the first place and reimagining what it should look like. Christopher Booker reports.

Warrant clinics take care of legal issues without jail time

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