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“CARE Court” aims to help Californians with mental health and addiction disorders, but civil liberty activists question its effectiveness and legality. Thousands of people with mental health issues have been sent (by courts) to a program that diverts them away from jail and into supportive housing. But funding has dried up for that program. An Orange County judge overturned second-degree murder convictions for two men after they served nearly 30 years behind bars.
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“CARE Court” aims to help Californians with mental health and addiction disorders, but civil liberty activists question its effectiveness and legality. Thousands of people with mental health issues have been sent (by courts) to a program that diverts them away from jail and into supportive housing. But funding has dried up for that program. An Orange County judge overturned second-degree murder convictions for two men after they served nearly 30 years behind bars.

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