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: Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies

MA- Massachusetts District Court Finds Civil Commitment Law Unconstitutional

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3-13-2009 Massachusetts: From Sex Crimes Blog:A helpful reader let me know that there was a new decision out of the District of Massachusetts finding the federal civil commitment scheme for sex offenders under the Adam Walsh Act was unconstitutional. You can read the opinion here. From the opinion:Congress lacked power to adopt the Act?s regime for the civil commitment of sexually dangerous

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on March 14, 2009 (boomark / email).

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