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Drug Court celebrates 15 years of helping addicts
Program helps offenders with counseling, other treatments
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Judge John Girardeau prepares to speak Friday afternoon at First Baptist Church to remark on the 15th anniversary of Hall County Drug Court. In 2000, with the help of colleagues and the district attorney's office, Girardeau established Hall County's Drug Court.
Two versions of Joel Perez joined Superior Court Judge Jason Deal at his lectern Friday before the First Baptist Church masses. The first was a two-dimensional version of the man, the printout of a Hall County Jail mugshot. The second was Perez in the flesh — a man Deal considers to be one of the most talented artists he’s ever met — wearing a cross around his neck and smiling back to his fellow Drug Court graduates.