By CHRIS POWELL Connecticut’s courts are tired of dealing with criminal defendants who are mentally ill but not criminally insane. State government has a place for the latter sort of criminals: Whiting Forensic Hospital in Middletown. But they are a small subset of the mentally ill, criminals so sick that they are not responsible forContinue reading “Tired of mentally ill defendants, courts consider something new”
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Legislators are worrying most about the wrong students
By CHRIS POWELL In principle children can’t have too many people looking out for them. So state legislators are fairly concerned about the recent alleged abuse of three children who were withdrawn from public school on parental claims that they would be home-schooled. One of the children was murdered at home. Another died at homeContinue reading “Legislators are worrying most about the wrong students”
Don’t make businesses pay for the addiction of their employees
By Chris Powell Two Democratic state senators, Saud Anwar of South Windsor and Jan Hochadel of Meriden, plan to propose legislation making Connecticut businesses pay, through their workers’ compensation insurance, for remediating the drug addiction of their employees. The senators contend that much drug addiction is caused by overwork, abuse, and repetitive-stress injuries on theContinue reading “Don’t make businesses pay for the addiction of their employees”
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