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Editorial: Specialty courts offer New Mexicans second chances » Albuquerque Journal

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Benoit Jefferson was in a bad place, likely headed to a worse one. The 29-year-old veteran had a tough time adjusting to civilian life after serving in the Army for six years. He was arrested for aggravated DWI in June 2019 after rear-ending another driver at a stop sign and got another aggravated DWI three months later after an officer saw him speeding and drifting in his lane. Jefferson was a distinct threat to himself and others. Prison or worse were on the horizon.
No more. Today, Jefferson is sober and works full time as a nurse thanks to his desire to turn his life around – – and Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court’s Community Veterans Court. Jefferson was recently the program’s 100th graduate in a virtual ceremony. “I got to take a better look inside myself and deal with some things that I was just completely avoiding that I couldn’t overcome alone,” he says. “ ....

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Veterans Court celebrates 100th graduate

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Benoit Jefferson was having a tough time when he got out of the U.S. Army, and it led to him getting two DWI charges in three months.
Benoit Jefferson
But now Jefferson, 29, is sober, and he became the 100th graduate of the Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court’s Community Veterans Court in a virtual ceremony Thursday.
The specialty court started in 2016 and is designed to help military veterans avoid jail time for certain misdemeanors while addressing the underlying issues that may have contributed to their arrest.
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Jefferson, who served in the Army for six years, picked up his first aggravated DWI charge in June 2019 after rear-ending another driver at a stop sign, court documents show. He got another aggravated DWI three months later after an officer saw him speeding and drifting back and forth in his lane. He faced up to 180 days in jail on the charges. ....

Henry Alaniz , Benoit Jefferson , Us Army , Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court Community Veterans , Veterans Court , Bernalillo County Metropolitan Court , Community Veterans Court , ஹென்றி அலனிஸ் , பெனாய்ட் ஜெஃபர்சன் , எங்களுக்கு இராணுவம் , பெர்னலிலோ கவுண்டி பெருநகர நீதிமன்றம் சமூக வீரர்கள் , வீரர்கள் நீதிமன்றம் , பெர்னலிலோ கவுண்டி பெருநகர நீதிமன்றம் , சமூக வீரர்கள் நீதிமன்றம் ,