New focus on treatment for repeat DWI offenders might provide hope for alcohol addiction recovery. Also a controversial ATF sting, Plus Gene Grant and the Line Panel.

This week on New Mexico in Focus, we visit the DWI Recovery Court in Bernalillo County and hear how a focus on treatment for repeat offenders might help people struggling with alcohol addiction and make the community safer.  NMiF Producer Sarah Gustavus interviews Judge Edward Benavidez and Daniel Blackwood, executive director of the Evolution Group, in the studio.

Correspondent Jeff Proctor sits down with attorney Brian Pori to talk about his case involving a defendant who was arrested in a controversial ATF sting in Albuquerque.

Host Gene Grant and the Line opinion panels take on the latest news headlines, including what might happen with New Mexico’s budget when the special legislative session starts next week.  They also discuss concerns over the Albuquerque Police Department’s crash rate and look ahead to the 2018 New Mexico governor’s race.

Host:
Gene Grant

Correspondent:
Sarah Gustavus
Jeff Proctor

Studio Guests:
Judge Edward Benavidez,  Bernalillo County DWI Recovery Court
Daniel Blackwood, The Evolution Group
Brian Pori, attorney

Line Panelists:
Janice Arnold-Jones, former state representative
Dede Feldman, former state senator
Tom Garrity, the Garrity Group PR
Laura Sanchez-Rivét, attorney at Cuddy & McCarthy, LLP

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New Mexico in Focus is involved, informed, in-depth media airing weekly on New Mexico PBS. The program debuts Friday nights at 7 p.m. on NMPBS 5.1 and appears online at www.newmexicoinfocus.org. The show rebroadcasts on NMPBS 5.1 Sundays at 7 a.m. and on NMPBS 9.1 on Saturdays at 5 p.m and Sundays at 3 p.m.

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