Judge Justin and Justice that works

His special pilot drug court boasts a 20% re-ffending rate, 1/3 of the national average. He'd rather hug a druggie and apply some structure, programmes and accountibility to his life than chuck him a jail sentence.

"According to figures supplied by the judge - who is patron of an anti-drug charity and serves on the Council on Misuse of Drugs - an average 60 per cent of his 'clients' did not reoffend while under the court order and 20 per cent became drug-free. The National Drug Treatment Agency's average is just three per cent."

Soft? No. Sensible? Oh yes.

 Hugging druggies