New Threat to Civil Liberites In Maryland

fightbigotry2002 writes "Maryland bills HB 668 and SB 273 two bills before the Maryland legislature.

http://mlis.state.md.us/2003rs/billfile/sb0273.htm and Senate Bill 273

What this means is that someone no longer needs to go before the court to have someone taken against their will for a mental observation request, no hearing. The potential for false accusations are enormous when added to the ease in which a petition is already made and accepted.

I had a friend whose ex-wife, pulled that stunt on him several years ago, he was forced to into a holding pen with other people, stripped naked and kept that way for a week. After the week was over, they told him he was in good physical health and sent him on his way.
Write your legislator www.geocities.com/dscott8186/legislation.htm"

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