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Jude Pate

33:58 - 34:10

“therapeutic courts, joint jurisdiction therapeutic courts. Where a tribal judge and a state judge sit together. Think about that.”
Speaker
Jude Pate
Community
Alaska News
Location
Alaska
Captured at
October 23, 2026

From the transcript

By listening, by due process, by hearing one another. I'm gonna briefly tell you the ways the court system is listening to you. One way, therapeutic courts, joint jurisdiction therapeutic courts. Where a tribal judge and a state judge sit together. Think about that.

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