Tristin Murphy Act passes the Florida Senate
Florida legislators unanimously passed Senate Bill 168 – the Tristin Murphy Act . It is designed to reform how mentally ill people like Tristin Murphy are treated in the state’s criminal justice system by offering them treatment rather than prison.
Tristin Murphy was a 37-year-old schizophrenic when he was sent to a prison on a littering charge. A little more than a month later he killed himself with a chainsaw.
Since his death his mother has been fighting for change…