Bringing Peace to Troubled Veterans

Bringing peace to troubled veterans (Opinion from Denver Post) 06/13/2010. Troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan have been getting short shrift on several fronts. But, as Jose Barco's case shows, the legal system usually cuts them no slack and sometimes slams them extra hard precisely because they wore a U.S. uniform. Prison is where "Frontline" interviewed him for the documentary, "The Wounded Platoon," which aired last month on Public Broadcasting Service stations. He is one of 17 men returning to the Fort Carson who, over a five-year period, were convicted or charged with homicide or attempting it. Denver Post