1. Release of Insanity Acquittees.
- Author
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Soliman, Sherif and Resnick, Phillip
- Subjects
LEGAL judgments ,MENTAL illness ,PERSONALITY disorders - Abstract
The article focuses on a ruling of the Washington State Supreme Court in a case regarding a petition of Tina Klein, a polysubstance dependent and has a personality disorder, to be released from Western State Hospital. Klein stabbed her 20-month nephew but she was released because of her mental illness and was admitted to a treatment program. She appealed to the Supreme Court after her petition was denied by a trial court, but it also held that she still suffers from a mental disease and presents danger to others.
- Published
- 2006