Whatcom committee reviews Trueblood decision, hears exec office grant denial and next steps
Civil legal counsel Christopher Quinn summarized the Trueblood class-action implications for competency evaluations and restoration services; committee members discussed a denied Trueblood-related grant application and asked the executive's office to provide more detail so the county can consider reapplying.
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Christopher Quinn, civil legal counsel for the Whatcom County Prosecutor’s Office, told the Incarceration Prevention and Reduction Task Force’s Legal & Justice Systems Committee on May 13 that the Trueblood litigation required Washington to speed competency evaluations and restoration services for defendants with serious mental illness.
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