Who’s Responsible For The Death Of Jordan Neely?
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Committing A Crime While Mentally Ill: What Qualifies As ‘Extraordinary’?
Why saddle these defendants with felony convictions when their behavior was not due to criminal intent, but rather, mental illness?
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How To Help Stop Someone With Mental Illness From Getting Arrested
Assisted Outpatient Treatment programs compel treatment for a person suffering from serious mental illness before the illness prompts violence.
Lessons From ’30 Rock’ On Mental Illness
The show highlights a very real issue faced by many employees and employers in the workplace: mental illness.
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Criminally Yours: Psychotic Episodes And The Criminal Justice System
Even if the crime was committed while you were out of your mind, coming from a good family, having a college degree, and lacking a criminal record will not insulate you from the various circles of hell of the criminal justice system.
Paying for Law School in 2025: A Straight-Talk Playbook
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Criminally Yours: Mental Illness And Guns
How do we guard against people on the verge of psychotic breaks buying guns?
Lawyers And Depression: An Interesting Issue
Is it appropriate for bar admission character and fitness review to delve into a candidate's mental health history?
Criminally Yours: Lenny
Mental illness is always a struggle, but without support networks it can land a person in jail for life.
Research Confirms: You’re Probably A Psychopath
It's probably a good idea to lock up the knives around attorneys.
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Kentucky Police Are Completely Awful
Local police spring a prisoner and send him on a one-way trip out of state... despite a court order.
Supreme Court To Decide On ADA and Fourth Amendment Issues In Police Shootings
It's about time that we focused more on how law enforcement officers deal with the mentally ill, according to columnist Renwei Chung.
How The Killing Of A Mentally Ill Man In Milwaukee Triggered The Starbucks ‘Race Together’ Initiative
Columnist Renwei Chung explains how a murder in Milwaukee last April may have triggered Starbucks’s consciousness on race relations in America.
Morning Docket: 10.14.14
* Law schools are in trouble, but Cooley Law is “going strong” — after all, only “28 percent of last year’s graduates at its Michigan campuses failed to land jobs as lawyers within nine months.” You’re really doing it wrong. [Tampa Bay Times] * This guy broke into the University of Oregon School of Law three times, and all he got were these computers for hipsters and a crappy 11-year sentence. (He should’ve broken into the football facility for better loot.) [Register-Guard] * Should you go to law school if you know for a fact that you don’t want to be a lawyer? This is the type of question that would render your ATL editors unable to even. [Law Admissions Lowdown / U.S. News] * Amanda Bynes has been placed on a 5150 psychiatric hold, and people suddenly care about mental health law. It’s sad that it takes a celebrity to make people care about these issues. [WSJ Law Blog] * Marijuana is making its way to the ballot in some states this November, but before you vote, here’s a primer on where it’s legal to smoke weed, where it might be, and where it’s not. [Washington Post]
Amanda Bynes Has Crazy Conservatorship Drama
What are her parents thinking?