Minnesota Supreme Court: Counties must pay legal fees of mentally ill defendants awaiting placement State-run facilities are facing long wait times, but holding patients in jails is creating financial strain.

The Minnesota Supreme Court unanimously ruled that counties must pay legal fees for mentally ill defendants who file petitions to force the state to place them into treatment facilities.

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