Giving Wayward Teens a Reality Check; Court Program Illustrates the Impact of Crime

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Waukesha Les Gorsline was still a teenager when a car crash on a night of barhopping left him paralyzed from the waist down and forced him to come up with a new way of getting through life.

But Gorsline, now 45, believes his paralysis has a benefit when he shares it with troubled teens. Once a month or so he uses it to reach kids who've run afoul of the law, telling his story in a program that appears to be helping set some of them straight.

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Giving Wayward Teens a Reality Check; Court Program Illustrates the Impact of Crime

"One of the reasons that I'm there is because I'm in a wheelchair," Gorsline explained of his volunteering in Waukesha County's Youth Accountability Panel program, which has experienced a recidivism rate of just 15% among the tee...

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