1. Forced Legally to Take Prescription Medication
... -- not because he intends to, but because he can't help it. (www.contac.org/contac library/rights2) 2) The slayings in 1998 of two police officers in the U.S. Capitol, committed by Russell Weston Jr., a schizophrenic off his medication. Prosecutors are pressing the court to force him to take medication so that he might become competent to stand trial. 3) Margaret Mary Ray, who ... off his medication, violently killed Kendra Webdale, 32, a Manhattan office worker, by shoving her to her death in front of a subway car. This horrific act was the grounds for passing a bill in New York State ...
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