I’m grateful to the following people for the generous insights they gave me into their lives, the U.S. judicial system, its history, its effect on mental health care, and other important contextual information: Morgan Geyser, Angie Geyser, Matt Geyser, Bob Niesen, Dianna Niesen, Tony Cotton, Donna Kuchler, Dr. Ken Robbins, Marsha Levick, Marcy Mistrett, Bruce Vielmetti, Ruth Johnston, Eileen Hirsch, Alvin Eisenberg, Stephanie Brandt, Stephen Lyons, Marty Guggenheim, Rob Rosenberg, Dr. Yael Dvir, Dr. Mark DeAntonio, Dr. Tanya Luhrman, the librarians at the Ripon College Archives, and the excellent employees at the Waukesha Police Department and the Waukesha County Courthouse records offices.
My deepest thanks to Betsy Lerner, Peter Blackstock, Morgan Entrekin, Deb Seager, John Mark Boling, Emily Burns, Eric Rayman, Anya Kolesnikoff, Haley Cullingham, Jordan Ginsburg, Mitchell Sunderland, Sheila Nevins, Irene Taylor Brodsky, Caroline Kaufman, Elizabeth Annie Moore, Shana Gohd, Jennifer Kim, Barrett Festen, Michael Feldman, Anna Strout, Meredith Angelson, Gail Winston, Patti Schulz, Ellie Harbeck, Susana Guzman, Simon Rich, and Dr. Sarah Fox.