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New York State’s Veterans Treatment Courts
by Ed Lyon
The U.S. has been involved in Middle Eastern wars since 1990’s Operation Desert Storm until the troop withdrawal from Afghanistan under President Biden in 2020. Consequently, there are around 19 million veterans in the country today, many of them with combat experience, and many of those suffering ...
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- Army Veteran Serving Life Without Parole for Taking $9, June 15, 2020. U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, Veterans, Three Strikes Statutes/Rule.