Should Veterans receive special treatment in Court after committing a crime?

I served with some people who were great human beings, I served with some who were some of the biggest POS I ever met in my life. I don't think a veteran should get special treatment if they commit a crime. There are a lot of criminals serving in the military like all other aspects of life. If they get caught and convicted, they need to do the time for the crime they committed.

I think it depends on the case. If you have someone that has a legitimate claim for an injury or PTSD then I think they deserve to have options. However, not all veterans have problems and I would hate for people to start thinking they can claim their "PTSD" made them do it so they get punished less. Since being in the Army I have seen several Soldiers claim to be suicidal and/or have PTSD because they either want attention or they want to get out of something. And I have also seen many people with legitimate claims of PTSD or other injuries. Those are the ones that should get helped.

I'm biased. But yes, veterans deserve special treatment in court.

SSG John Devane If you do the crime don't hide behind the military and embarrass
the rest of us

Ma'am remember that you said "Histories" if they keep up the stupid acts they need to be recycled, but once? Grab them punch and kick slap something educational not 39 years for shooting someone in a blackened house and half asleep or drugs, how much how often? Evidence!? Too much variety in choice, one concrete law, no judges discretion if they can choose their buddy will get a slap but the jerk will be cut off and the best defence he'll have is death penalty, yes any crime, in or out of service needs special courts, the military service changes you believe me..

Only in the case that Jody got your girl and gone.

Quick BLUF: No.

Upon further review, there needs to be more research done on whether or not this actually aides those that the crime was perpetrated against, the jurisdiction, then the former service member that committed the crime. In that order.

We have become a society that wants to hand things to people, because they say "I need" when it is actually "I want". I believe that people need to be held accountable for their actions, if that means helping them out instead of levying the harsher penalty, then so be it.

This sounds great for victim-less crimes, but of course there is no such thing. PTSD is a very real thing, but I think the diagnosing of PTSD gets tossed around too much. While some people suffer greatly from battles afar, keep in mind that PTSD is diagnosed for people who 'suffer' from much less. We need to better understand and define PTSD before we start using it as a form of defense or segregating veterans within the judicial system.

PTSD should be considered by a trial court in sentencing a military veteran, and to assign a given factor is a matter for the discretion of the individual decision maker.

Don't do the crime if you can't do the time.