Mental health and the criminal law, a PLTC judicial review, and a police officer dismissal upheld on appeal

This week on Legally Speaking with Michael Mulligan: An appeal by a 13-year-old girl who was found to be not criminally responsible as a result of a mental disorder (NCRMD) provides insight into how criminal law deals with mental illness. The girl in question was described as having a childhood that was troubled: a history of neglect, a family history of substance use, mental health issues and suicides. She had been receiving assistance for her mental health since she was eight years old a...