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Tim Murphy: “Haven't we done enough with treating people with mental illness as legal cases? We have closed our hospitals and filled…”

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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