Do you feel that our system of justice is really equipped to deal with what we have decided as America will be our future when it comes to mental health?
Dick Durbin: “Do you feel that our system of justice is really equipped to deal with what we have decided as America will be our…”
On the recordSeptember 14, 2009
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Durbin questions the justice system's preparedness for mental health issues.
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