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www.ccurrielawyer.ca, Catherine Currie is a lawyer who defends clients with mental health issues. Joanne Capozzi is Lead Crown (prosecutor) in Ontario’s Mental Health Court and Drug Treatment Court. They discuss their work and explain bail hearings generally and how these are conducted for persons with serious mental illnesses. They describe the facts and factors that influence the criminal justice system’s decisions about bail, and what happens to the person once the decision is made. They explain the implications for family caregivers of the criminal justice system’s decisions, and the roles
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