SEATTLE — King County is pumping the brakes on a diversion program meant to keep young people away from the criminal justice system.
Referrals to Restorative Community Pathways (RCP) are on pause for some juveniles until the prosecuting attorney’s office says it sees better results.
It was last year that Jaden Taylor, 16, was charged as an adult in the murder of a Shoreline woman. As KOMO has reported, court documents state that before this tragedy, Taylor had a referral on his juvenile record for allegedly brandishing a weapon at school. The documents allege he was sent to RCP, but he never went…