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On the recordApril 2, 2014
Haven't we done enough with treating people with mental illness as legal cases? We have closed our hospitals and filled our prisons.
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Tim Murphy
Republican · Pennsylvania

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Murphy criticizes the treatment of mental illness and the closure of hospitals.

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