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| Special criminal courts being created for military veterans |
| By dailydemocrat.com - Don Frances |
| Published: 06/24/2013 |
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It was a California case that led Duncan MacVicar to take up the cause of creating special criminal courts for military veterans. In 2006, MacVicar took an interest in the case of Sargent Binkley, on trial for using an unloaded gun to rob a pharmacy in Mountain View. Although of different generations, both men are West Point graduates and Army veterans, and both have suffered from post traumatic stress disorder. Binkley, who was robbing the pharmacy for its pain pills, also had a painkiller addiction. He faced a mandatory sentence of 12 years in prison if convicted. Binkley was convicted but avoided jail time due to the jury finding him legally insane at the time of the crime. He received mental health treatment instead. The ruling "was like winning the lottery," MacVicar said in an interview with The Democrat. Too often, he said, men and women of the Armed Forces com Read More. |
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