Charlena Nicholas, a Brooklyn woman, faced multiple bizarre allegations in a short time, including several assaults while remaining free from bail until recently. Despite numerous arrests, a judge only set bail after her latest violent acts. Nicholas's grandmother, addressing her mental health struggles, indicated that family efforts to encourage treatment for her schizophrenia had been ineffective, raising concerns about the intersection of mental health issues and the criminal justice system in New York, especially in light of the state's absence of a dangerousness standard.
"This is what happens when you're the only state in the country that doesn't have a dangerousness standard, allowing someone like this to fall through the cracks."
"They say she's schizophrenic or something like that. She stopped taking her medicine. She said it was making her sick. So I said, 'There's different types of medicine.'"
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