Criminal
Mar. 12, 2013
Rethinking California's approach to mentally ill defendants
In the wake of a series of shootings by mentally ill men, I thought it would be instructive to examine one way California treats the mentally ill. By Richard La Fianza
In the wake of a series of shootings by mentally ill men, I thought it would be instructive to examine the way California treats the mentally ill. In the criminal arena, our state has chosen to punish the mentally ill first and then give them treatment second, often under involuntary conditions. In terms of our safety and our checkbooks, this approach is both antiquated and dangerous. In terms of the mentally ill, this approach is also inhuma...
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