25 Years After Court Ruling, Released Sex Offenders Endure ‘Shadow Prisons’
The Crime Report
JUNE 22, 2022
Crane , a 7-2 ruling announced in 2002 that denied requiring a set legal standard for determining “behavioral abnormality” in civil commitment proceedings, the High Court in effect created a purgatory for persons who have served their sentences but are subject to indefinite detention based on fears that they are a danger to the public.
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