When Mental Illness Engenders Tragedy
Sandy Banks’ story about the tragic death of Jesus Plascencia had some deeper meanings (“A Fuzzy Line Between Insanity and Responsibility,” Dec. 5).
Marie West was most certainly mentally disordered and, in a civilized country, would be treated for this, not prosecuted. cDONALD T. LEE
San Marcos
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