Superior Court Judge Kathryn Nelson will decide Tuesday whether to extend her stay, weighing civil liberties and community safety in the latest in a highly charged and closely watched case that could affect the entire state.
Nelson said after her ruling that she was “reluctant at this point to stay it any longer than six months.”
But state officials, who are appealing the ruling, plan to argue that if Nelson does not extend the stay, they will have no choice but to release dangerous people to the streets when no treatment beds are available.
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The judge is in a quandary. What can she do until the state comes up with a policy? And how many people fall through the cracks waiting?
Of course they have a choice. Make more treatment beds available.
Just look at Virginia and what happened to Senator Creigh Deeds and his son. This is a problem everywhere.
The mentally ill always get the short end of the stick.
They do get the short end of the stick and have throughout history. I hope there are good orgs out there, like NASGA, who specialize in advocating for the mentally ill.
It is the responsibility of government, as parens patriae.
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