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Letter to the Editor

Jun. 24, 2014

LETTER: Laura's Law critique full of distortions, falsehoods

Brian Stettin, of the Treatment Advocacy Center, sets the record straight on Laura's Law.

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR COLUMN

Izetta Jackson's and Leslie Morrison's case against Laura' Law and "assisted outpatient treatment" (AOT) is replete with distortions, falsehoods and red herrings. ["Laura's Law is not the answer," June 10]. It is true enough that "most people who are violent are not mentally ill and most people who are mentally ill are not violent," but Laura's Law has not been proposed as a comprehensive approach to violent crime in general, n...

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