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EDITORIAL The power to treat - It's good that legislation that would let judges force mentally ill people into outpatient treatment stirred passionate debate during a state Senate hearing Thursday. Good because such a bill deserves very carefull consideration so it can be crafted to protect the rights of the mentally ill while increasing the chances that seriously ill people will get the treatment they need to control their symptoms. In most cases, that treatment is medication, which could mean taking it in front of someone at a clinic.

NEWS Proposal would protect patients - Support is growing for a state law that could avoid situations similar to the one when a mentally ill Mount Olive Township man was shot and killed by police after he attacked an officer last fall.
Mt. Olive Chroncile, April 6, 2005

NEWS Parents seeking Gregory's law - It’s been almost a year since Cathy and Mark Katsnelson’s youngest son was taken from them. During a chance encounter with a mentally ill man, 11-year-old Gregory Katsnelson was murdered in the woods near his home last Oct. 17. The couple is leading a drive for new legislation, which would be known as Gregory’s Law in New Jersey, that would empower the courts to require people with mental illnesses to receive assisted outpatient treatment.
Burlington County Times, October 14, 2003

NEWS Parents of murdered boy, 11, still struggling with their grief - As the one-year anniversary of their son’s murder approaches, Mark and Cathy Katsnelson still grieve daily for the spirited, intelligent little boy they will not see grow into a man. In his honor, the Katsnelson family is pursuing Gregory’s Law, a measure that would allow the courts to order mentally ill people into assisted outpatient treatment if they are deemed to pose a threat to themselves or others.
Burlington County Times, October 14, 2003

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