Question

Maria is a 16 year-old Hispanic female from South Carolina who has been charged with assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill. Maria used a baseball bat to beat a classmate close to death leaving the victim with brain damage. The judge will render her decision tomorrow if Maria should be tried as an adult or if the case should stay within the jurisdiction of the juvenile court system. Currently, Maria is being held in an institution until an appropriate decision can be made.

Maria wants to attend a treatment facility so that she can quit her drug habit. To do so without further involvement in the juvenile justice system, she would need a
a. diversion.
b. warrant.
c. judgment.
d. waiver.

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