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First Person Civilly Committed as Sexually Dangerous Person Under AWA

By Corey Rayburnyung

Thanks to a helpful reader, I see that a Maine sex offender became the first person in the nation to be civilly committed as a sexually dangerous person under the new Adam Walsh Act. The man was committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons after a ten-day hearing. From a U.S. Attorney's Office Press Release:After a ten-day trial before Judge Patti B. Saris, Jeffrey Shields of Bath, Maine, was civilly committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons as a sexually dangerous person. Shields is the first individual in the country to be civilly committed to federal custody as a sexually dangerous person.In July 2006, Congress enacted the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006, Pub.L. No 109-248, 120 Stat. 587 (2006), to combat sexual violence and to protect children...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Crimes on February 13, 2009 (boomark / email).