Colleen Scott

And then somebody in Ann Arbor, in the court system there, going back in 18 years in my memory, but I'm quite sure I remember the details. He was then put in a forensic center, which is designed to determine the criminal's ability to stand trial. So that indicates somebody at the jail recognized there was something mentally wrong with him. But then this went back and forth.

And then somebody in Ann Arbor, in the court system there, going back in 18 years in my memory, but I'm quite sure I remember the details. He was then put in a forensic center, which is designed to determine the criminal's ability to stand trial. So that indicates somebody at the jail recognized there was something mentally wrong with him. But then this went back and forth.

And then somebody in Ann Arbor, in the court system there, going back in 18 years in my memory, but I'm quite sure I remember the details. He was then put in a forensic center, which is designed to determine the criminal's ability to stand trial. So that indicates somebody at the jail recognized there was something mentally wrong with him. But then this went back and forth.

They kept saying, oh, we've treated him for two months in this forensic center and we're now sending him back to the county jail so he can stand trial. Probably the people in the forensic center didn't understand how weak this case was regarding the blocking. I don't know.

They kept saying, oh, we've treated him for two months in this forensic center and we're now sending him back to the county jail so he can stand trial. Probably the people in the forensic center didn't understand how weak this case was regarding the blocking. I don't know.

They kept saying, oh, we've treated him for two months in this forensic center and we're now sending him back to the county jail so he can stand trial. Probably the people in the forensic center didn't understand how weak this case was regarding the blocking. I don't know.

No one talks to you because now they're 18 and there's very little access or effort to include the family, which I think is another failed aspect of the current system. So that was pretty much the next step, as you asked.

No one talks to you because now they're 18 and there's very little access or effort to include the family, which I think is another failed aspect of the current system. So that was pretty much the next step, as you asked.

No one talks to you because now they're 18 and there's very little access or effort to include the family, which I think is another failed aspect of the current system. So that was pretty much the next step, as you asked.

He was convicted. He still has a felony.

He was convicted. He still has a felony.

He was convicted. He still has a felony.

And then shortly thereafter, I realized how ridiculous this was and called just about every lawyer I could find in Michigan, which leads to another interesting point for your podcast theme in that four or five lawyers I spoke with who were listed as, I forget exactly how I got their numbers and names at the time, but had worked with the mentally ill in the past.

And then shortly thereafter, I realized how ridiculous this was and called just about every lawyer I could find in Michigan, which leads to another interesting point for your podcast theme in that four or five lawyers I spoke with who were listed as, I forget exactly how I got their numbers and names at the time, but had worked with the mentally ill in the past.

And then shortly thereafter, I realized how ridiculous this was and called just about every lawyer I could find in Michigan, which leads to another interesting point for your podcast theme in that four or five lawyers I spoke with who were listed as, I forget exactly how I got their numbers and names at the time, but had worked with the mentally ill in the past.

all told me, yes, we used to do commitments for families. We would have to get two psychiatrists and we would talk to family members and we would commit these individuals for treatment, often against their will, because again, they don't know there's something wrong. However, they said, we no longer do this because we're not allowed to. I said, what do you mean you're not allowed to?

all told me, yes, we used to do commitments for families. We would have to get two psychiatrists and we would talk to family members and we would commit these individuals for treatment, often against their will, because again, they don't know there's something wrong. However, they said, we no longer do this because we're not allowed to. I said, what do you mean you're not allowed to?

all told me, yes, we used to do commitments for families. We would have to get two psychiatrists and we would talk to family members and we would commit these individuals for treatment, often against their will, because again, they don't know there's something wrong. However, they said, we no longer do this because we're not allowed to. I said, what do you mean you're not allowed to?

And they said, the laws have changed. I think it's because there was a Hollywood sort of scenario that was often played out where family members would commit their spouses because they wanted out of the marriage or something along those lines.

And they said, the laws have changed. I think it's because there was a Hollywood sort of scenario that was often played out where family members would commit their spouses because they wanted out of the marriage or something along those lines.