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Crying Shame
Record numbers of people died on the streets of Phoenix during the heat wave of July 2005. Rubin investigated the background of one of them, Carl Gohlson, who had been loved in his community as a street musician, and who had battled mental illness his whole life.
Tags: mental health; courts; heat-related deaths; extreme weather; coroner's reports
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Donald Ellison was a seriously mentally ill Vietnam veteran who collapsed on the streets of Phoenix in July 1996 and quickly died of heat-related organ failure. The death came one day after his seemingly inexplicable release from a county psychiatric ward. The New Times describes how two agencies that were legally responsible for Ellision's welfare failed him miserably. (October 24, November 21, December 19, 1996)
Tags: Rubin A system gone mad Sins of Commission Comcare doesn't care Contest entry 12 pgs.