Greeley Tribune: Story shows rehabilitation is the best result of criminal justice system
Shawna Cranmer knows she was lucky to get a second chance.
When she crashed her car while drunk with her three kids in the car, she could have died. They could have died. Or, at the very least, she could have ended up in jail and lost custody of her children.
But Cranmer instead got a chance through family court to get healthy and put her life back together, and she took that chance and ran with it.
Now, almost four years later, she’s healthy and sober, building a new life with her kids and fiancé, and working toward becoming the same kind of therapist that helped her during the yearlong intense outpatient program she went through at North Range Behavioral Health, when she went through several hours of therapy per day.
Read more at greeleytribune.com.
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Marianne Goodland
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Updated 24 minutes ago
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michael.karlik@coloradopolitics.com
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marissa.ventrelli@coloradopolitics.com
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Callie Patteson, Washington Examiner
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Updated 3 hours ago
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Deborah Grigsby
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Updated 10 minutes ago
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Cannabis overhaul introduced in Colorado Senate
Chris Osher
chris-osher@gazette.com
Updated 13 minutes ago
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Colorado House passed a bill raising threshold for agriculture overtime by one vote
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 4 hours ago
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Colorado’s $46.8 billion budget nears finish line
Marianne Goodland
marianne.goodland@coloradopolitics.com
Updated 21 hours ago
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Colorado Senate passes bill for voluntary $5 fee to fund wildlife crossings
Scott Weiser
scott.weiser@gazette.com
Updated 21 hours ago
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