Being accused of a crime is an unfortunate circumstance indeed. Fortunately, the state of Tennessee offers two particularly valuable opportunities for keeping clean criminal records: pretrial and judicial diversions.
Though both offer a shot at a clean record contingent upon the defendant’s agreement to and completion of a supervised probationary period, there are a few key differences between the two diversions, and a defendant may be eligible for one type of diversion, but not the other.
From 1975, when pre-trial diversion was created in TN, up until 2011, pretrial divisions were still an option for those charged with select felonies. Today, pretrial divisions are no longer an option for felony charges of any kind, though they are still available to offenders facing select misdemeanor charges.
On the other hand, judicial diversion remains an option for many felony offenses.
Though the changes made in 2011 significantly reduced the number of diversion-eligible defendants, the opportunity for a legal second chance of sorts is still on the table.
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