Montana Veterans Court helps 1st graduate get back on track

The Missoula County Courthouse, usually home to somber hearings, trials and sentencings, hosted a rare happy occasion Monday.

The first Veterans Court in Montana saw another first – the first graduation from the program designed to help vets get back on track when they end up on the wrong side of the law.

Veterans Court "gave me a second chance," said the graduate, identified only as Paul because Veterans Court is part of a confidential mental health and substance abuse treatment program. "It was kind of a wake-up call."

By GWEN FLORIO of the Missoulian

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