Tennessee Judge Offers Reduced Jail Sentences In Exchange For Sterilization
White County, Tenn. Judge Sam Benningfield says the vast majority of cases he hears are drug-related offenses. The opioid epidemic has hit the state especially hard — resulting in more than 1,400 drug overdose deaths there in 2015 alone, according to the CDC — and he felt that an unusual solution would be necessary to […]
