The Village of Spring Valley Board has approved moving forward with a new system that would allow motorists to receive plea bargain offers by mail, potentially eliminating the need to appear in person to meet with a prosecutor. Under the proposed process, a motorist who receives a traffic ticket would be able to return the ticket with a not-guilty plea and, when eligible, receive a plea offer through the mail. The system, already used by a numbe…
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