Sacramento County (Sacramento)
SACRAMENTO — A defendant in an orange jumpsuit stood in a holding cell as Superior Court Judge Lawrence G. Brown walked him through the basics of mental health court: a minimum of one year to graduate; no drugs, alcohol or firearms; stick to your medication.
“I’m going to make a wild guess: You were not on your medication at the time?” Brown said. The judge then mentioned his own sister’s 40-year struggle with schizophr... (continued)