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Carl Marlinga: “Setting up the mental health court, which is a way to take…”

Featuring: Carl Marlinga, Democratic | Former Candidate, U.S. House Michigan, District 10

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One-on-one with Democrat Carl Marlinga on Michigan's 10th Congressional District race

Published | Video Starts at 00:58

As a probate judge, I was very proud of the work that I did with regard to guardianships for children. As a circuit court judge, I was very proud of the work that I did Setting up the mental health court, which is a way to take people who come into the system with emotional problems. who are not violent, but continue to have problems. In the criminal justice system, where there's an identifiable mental illness, it's not guilty by reason of insanity, but where there's … (00:58–01:07)

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Asserts that he established a mental health court to provide treatment options instead of incarceration.

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