Orrin Hatch: “We need to move back toward greater possibility for civil commitment…”

On the recordJanuary 29, 2013

We need to move back toward greater possibility for civil commitment for the dangerously, violently mentally ill.

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Hatch emphasizes the need for civil commitment for dangerously mentally ill individuals.

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Orrin Hatch: “We need to move back toward greater possibility for civil commitment for the dangerously, violently mentally ill.”