Massachusetts § 12 Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B

Massachusetts Statutes

§ 12 — Discretionary authority to divert offender not limited by this chapter or Chapter 276B

Massachusetts § 12

Part IVCRIMES, PUNISHMENTS AND PROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Title IIPROCEEDINGS IN CRIMINAL CASES

Ch. 276ADISTRICT COURT PRETRIAL DIVERSION OF SELECTED OFFENDERS

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Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 276A, § 12 (2026).

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Section 12. Nothing in this chapter or chapter 276B shall limit or govern the authority of a district attorney or a police department to divert an offender or to require a district attorney or police department to accept an offender into a program that they operate.

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