Westchester legal system to blame for Daniel Medina's death, parents say
Photo credit: Leslie Barbaro | Margie and Edward Medina, of Cortlandt Manor, lost their son Daniel to suicide one day after he pleaded guilty to an assault charge in Westchester County Supreme Court. Daniel had a history of mental illness but was prevented from enrolling in a Mental Health Court program. (July 16, 2012)
Daniel Medina denied access to Mental Health Court
When one-time Westchester high school basketball star Daniel Medina killed himself last month, he left his distraught parents to question whether the legal system had failed him.
The 26-year-old Cortlandt Manor man had problems of his own making; he had pleaded guilty to charges he had tried to run down a doctor in a hospital parking lot.
Medina's parents, however, say Westchester County...
