Cummings said his office has agreed to offer Smitherman a diversion agreement, which would allow her to admit to the crime and avoid a criminal conviction. If a judge agrees and she doesn't get arrested again in a year, he said, the charges will be dismissed.
The sides were still working out the details, Cummings said. Similar diversion agreements are offered to all first-time, nonviolent offenders. Cummings said diversion agreements typically require defendants to take classes or perform community service.
"She had good intentions but it didn't work out the way it should have or the way we would expect one of our leaders to behave," Cummings said.
I would tell Cummings that Smitherman has already performed her "community service."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...for-sick-student/ar-BBSHWTT?OCID=ansmsnnews11
The sides were still working out the details, Cummings said. Similar diversion agreements are offered to all first-time, nonviolent offenders. Cummings said diversion agreements typically require defendants to take classes or perform community service.
"She had good intentions but it didn't work out the way it should have or the way we would expect one of our leaders to behave," Cummings said.
I would tell Cummings that Smitherman has already performed her "community service."
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crim...for-sick-student/ar-BBSHWTT?OCID=ansmsnnews11
