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PATRICK VECCHIO, Special to the Olean Times Herald

December 21, 2012

Nation’s treatment capacity for mentally ill is a disgrace

Tuesday’s Olean Times Herald contained an account of Congressman Tom Reed’s reaction to the Sandy Hook Elementary School murders. The story quotes him as saying killers in such instances are

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