[NU Sports] my new book

[Beamsley, Jeff]

John,

Sorry to hear of the tragedy in Needham.

Was that person released as the result of a case that the ACLU brought?
If so, please share the details.

While you are at it, if you have any other examples of the ACLU bringing
a case on behalf of a mentally ill inmate that you feel was
inappropriate, please share that too.

The cases I'm familiar with are the ACLU defending the mentally
incompetent who have received death sentences (e.g. Kelsey Patterson,
James Colburn, Pernell Ford).  The most egregious one was Charles
Singleton.  The state of Arkansas forced him to take anti-psychotic
drugs so that he could be found sufficiently competent to be executed.
Don't know about you, but this sounds like something that the ACLU
should be doing.

Jeff


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Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:28 PM
To: Arthur Miller; mhrjgscott at aol.com; nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com
Subject: RE: [NU Sports] my new book

You are correct as to whee the responsibility for protecting the public
from pyschos lies but unfortunately, the politicians figured out the
psychos don't vote so they spend our money on pork that will get them
re-eleced.  The politicians aren't the only ones to blame.  The ACLU
goes to court to get these people released and some dumb judge
accommodates them.  Last year, a long time friend in Needham got
murdured and his daughter in law nearly murdured by some guy who never
should have been loose in the first place.

John DeGroat
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From: Arthur Miller <artmiller1 at hotmail.com>
> 
> Just curious: why is it the responsibility of the federal government 
> to take care of the mentally ill?  If there are too many on the 
> streets of San Francisco, perhaps primary responsibility lies with 
> that city's government and citizenry.
> > From: MHRJGScott at aol.com> Date: Sat, 3 May 2008 20:54:55 -0400>
Subject: Re: 
> [NU Sports] my new book > To: nwu-sports at romaine.tssi.com> CC: > > 
> There was a time when mental illness was treated in an inpatient 
> environ> ment, and I do not mean a warehouse or a "bedlam." But the 
> federal govt. did not > deem those voiceless people powerful enough 
> and threw them out on the > streets. I don't know about Oakland but I 
> know the last time I was in San Fran the > mentally ill homeless on 
> the streets were out of control. I guess the > situation has improved 
> but the San Fran chronicle had a great series on "the shame of > the 
> city"> _http://www.sfgate.com/homeless/_ 
> (http://www.sfgate.com/homeless/) > 
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