As awareness has grown about post-traumatic stress disorder in U.S. military veterans, one area where it's still lacking is in the judicial system. Defense attorneys aren't sure if bringing up PTSD in their defense is going to help or hurt their client's cause, leading to entire trials that have little mention of the defendant's military service.

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