MIAMI — For the initially time, CBS Information Miami hears from the judge who sentenced Tristin Murphy to state jail for rolling his pickup into a pond following to the Charlotte County jail. Two months after that sentencing, Tristin killed himself on a prison get the job done detail by having a chainsaw to his throat.
Tristin’s tale was the target of the CBS Information Miami documentary, “Warehoused: The Everyday living and Demise of Tristin Murphy” which highlighted how the felony justice technique fails to adequately address folks with mental illnesses. CBS News Miami’s Jim DeFede and the retired decide chat exclusively about the Tristin Murphy scenario, as effectively as how jails and prisons have develop into warehouses for the mentally unwell and that procedure is practically non-existent.
Guest: Scott Cupp/Ret. Decide, Charlotte County
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