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easttexaslefty

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Sun May 5, 2013, 06:14 PM May 2013

Mother Jones article/ Schizophrenic. Killer. Cousin. [View all]



"THE THING THAT STRUCK ME when I first met my cousin Houston was his size. He wasn't much taller than me, if at all, and was slight of frame. On the other side of the visitors' glass, he looked surprisingly small, young for his 22 years. The much more remarkable thing about him turned out to be his vocabulary, vast and lovely, lyrical almost—until it came to an agitated or distracted halt. In any case, all things considered, he seemed altogether extremely unlike a person who had recently murdered someone."


http://m.motherjones.com/politics/2013/04/mental-health-crisis-mac-mcclelland-cousin-murder
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This was so hard to read. redwitch May 2013 #1
This is a brave, devastating and hugely important article. Brickbat May 2013 #2
Totally accurate article. easttexaslefty May 2013 #3
This happened in my neighborhood stopwastingmymoney May 2013 #4
My stepdaughter ballardgirl May 2013 #5
Sad. Please read the article. Lilyhoney May 2013 #6
The jury came back today... stopwastingmymoney May 2013 #7
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