{"data":{"id":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-29-20","jurisdiction":"us-sc","citation":"S.C. Code Ann. § 14-29-20","heading":"Purpose of chapter.","body":"The General Assembly recognizes the success of various other states' veterans court initiatives in rehabilitating certain nonviolent offenders who are veterans of a military conflict in which the United States military is or has been involved. The purpose of this chapter is to divert qualifying nonviolent military veteran offenders away from the criminal justice system and into appropriate treatment programs, thereby reserving prison space for violent criminals and others for whom incarceration is the only reasonable alternative.","path":["Title 14 - COURTS","CHAPTER 29 Veterans Treatment Court Program"],"source_url":"https://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t14c029.php","current_through":"2025 Session of the General Assembly","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T06:40:14Z","sha256":"820b012a962968705e23629328709c9740b7a7f9b21a3176a2d2b19a02f98ba6","source_id":"us-sc","stale":false,"prev":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-29-10","next":"us-sc/s.c.-code-ann.-14-29-30"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}