Allen County judge now weighs in on the conversation about reducing some drug sentences to misdemeanors.

Judge Jeffrey Reed spoke to your Hometown Stations about Senate Bill 3, which would reform sentencing laws for certain drug convictions. With the current legislation, reed says he finds multiple issues with it. He thinks the downgraded charges would take away the motivation for someone to change their life. Reed says that's what Allen County drug court has been doing for 19 years. It's a diversion program that holds the felony charge over someone until completing the treatment and then felony conviction is removed.