Groce Interviewed on Massachusetts Drug Courts

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Judge Charles Groce III, legal studies lecturer and presiding justice of the Springfield Drug Court, was featured in a recent 10Boston news story covering Massachusetts drug courts. Unlike other courts, drug courts within the Commonwealth focus on helping those suffering from addiction in order to stop the cycle of persistent criminal behavior. 

"We recognized that all the punishment and adjudication has not in any way, shape, or form significantly impacted the plague of addiction and has not assisted us in keeping folks out of the criminal justice system," says Judge Groce. "So, we're trying a more revolutionary and radical approach."