With changes to the criminal justice system in Minnesota expected to dominate the upcoming legislative session, mental health advocates and lawmakers believe they have found a series of solutions that could help close a widening "gap" that hundreds of criminal defendants fall into every year.
With changes to the criminal justice system in Minnesota expected to dominate the upcoming legislative session, mental health advocates and lawmakers believe they have found a series of solutions that could help close a widening "gap" that hundreds of criminal defendants fall into every year.
With changes to the criminal justice system in Minnesota expected to dominate the upcoming legislative session, mental health advocates and lawmakers believe they have found a series of solutions that could help close a widening "gap" that hundreds of criminal defendants fall into every year.
Ana Lastra & Kirsten Swanson Created: February 22, 2021 12:56 PM
Less than a year before a Minnesota man was charged with the deadly rampage at a Buffalo clinic, he was found mentally incompetent to stand trial for violating a restraining order at that same clinic.
As a result, court records show prosecutors were required to dismiss Gregory Ulrich’s misdemeanor charges. What those records do not show is any attempt to court-order Ulrich into state custody for mental health treatment.
Instead he was sent on his way, only to return to the Allina Health Clinic on Feb. 12 when police say he walked in with homemade explosives, a loaded nine millimeter handgun and extra ammunition.
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