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If your case is diverted, the court won’t sentence you. Instead, you report to a probation office and follow a program set out for you. The program may include community service work or writing letters of apology. If you complete the diversion program, the criminal charge is '''stayed''' (meaning the prosecutor won’t go ahead with the charge against you). This means you won’t get a criminal record. | If your case is diverted, the court won’t sentence you. Instead, you report to a probation office and follow a program set out for you. The program may include community service work or writing letters of apology. If you complete the diversion program, the criminal charge is '''stayed''' (meaning the prosecutor won’t go ahead with the charge against you). This means you won’t get a criminal record. | ||
Learn more about diversion in our information on | Learn more about diversion in our information on [[Pleading Guilty to a Criminal Charge (Script 212)|pleading guilty to a criminal charge (no. 212)]]. | ||
===If you decide to plead “not guilty”=== | ===If you decide to plead “not guilty”=== | ||
