BY ANNE BLYTHE
As many spend this Memorial Day weekend reflecting on the lives lost to the armed forces, North Carolina officials are touting a specialized court program for troubled veterans as a life-saver.
Gov. Pat McCrory is scheduled to be on āCBS Sunday Morning,ā which airs from 9 to 10:30 a.m., to discuss the stateās veterans treatment courts, which provide an alternative to more traditional punishment for veterans whose criminal actions appear to stem from the stresses of war.
A $66,696 grant from the Governorās Crime Commission funded the stateās first such court in Harnett County in 2013; it graduated its first class last year. A second veterans court opened in Fayetteville in November. In February, McCrory said two more would be established but did not say where.
However, judges in Durham, which is home to the Triangleās only VA Medical Center, have 
been working to bring one to the county. Buncombe County has been exploring the idea, too. The state is home to about 800,000 veterans.
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