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New House leader interested in the mentally ill in prisons


LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The next leader of the Michigan House says he wants to bring experts together to discuss mental health treatment.

The number of mentally ill prisoners in the prison system has grown 14 percent since 2012 to roughly 9,400. Tom Leonard of DeWitt, who soon will become House speaker, says “early intervention” for people with mental illness saves money and can keep the public safe.

The Detroit News reports that many mentally ill inmates cost an average of $95,000 to house at a special prison in Whitmore Lake. Leonard, a Republican, says he doesn’t have a “silver bullet.” He wants to hear from experts.

Corrections Department spokesman Chris Gautz says there’s been a slow but steady increase in treating mentally ill prisoners.

 

DNA helps ID Michigan man who died in Arkansas in 1989
 

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan State Police say a man who died along an Arkansas highway in 1989 has been identified as a long-missing Battle Creek man.

Charles Cornell was 30 when he was last seen by relatives in 1986. They filed a police report this year after State Police suggested they do so.

Cornell’s mother and sister then submitted their DNA, which was entered in a national database of unidentified remains.

Their DNA determined that a man fatally struck by a semi-truck in Arkansas in 1989 was Cornell. They learned of the match Tuesday.

Photos, medical and dental records and fingerprints remained on file in Arkansas, but the cases weren’t linked until Cornell’s relatives submitted DNA.

Detective-Sgt. Sarah Krebs says it’s important for families of missing people to get their DNA on file.

 

International IP Law Clinic Launch to be held January 11
 

University of Detroit Mercy School of Law and University of Windsor Faculty of Law will launch their joint International Intellectual Property Law Clinic, the first-of-its-kind clinical program in North America, on Wednesday, Jan. 11, from 12-2 p.m. in the atrium of Detroit Mercy Law, 651 East Jefferson Ave., Detroit.

Leaders of the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office will join IP attorneys from both countries, faculty, students, alumni, government, media and the entrepreneurship community to discuss collaborations between the schools and the countries’ IP offices. The clinic will provide students with applied knowledge of intellectual property law in both Canada and the U.S., and will allow students to distinguish themselves in a competitive job market. Lunch is included.

Register at http://lawschool.udmercy.edu. For additional information about the event and sponsorship opportunities, contact Assistant Dean Denise Hickey at  (313) 596-0202 or at hickeydp@ud mercy.edu.

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