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Sex Offender Agrees To Stay Behind Bars

By Corey Rayburnyung

A convicted sex offender, who faces indefinite incarceration, has agreed to skip a hearing that would determine whether the State of Illinois has "enough evidence to proceed with claims that he is a sexually violent person." From the Daily Herald: A convicted sex offender who said he would rape and possibly kill a child if released from prison made it a little easier Tuesday for authorities to keep him behind bars, perhaps for the rest of his life. Christopher J. Tatara, formerly of McHenry, agreed in court Tuesday to bypass a probable cause hearing to determine whether state lawyers have enough evidence to proceed with claims he is a sexually violent person. His decision to skip the hearing moves his case to a trial at which authorities will try to prove that Tatara is too dangerous to be let out of prison...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 04, 2009 (boomark / email).