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: How Appealing"Supreme Court Weighs Authority, Not Legality, of Civil Confinements"
Today in The Washington Post, Robert Barnes reports that "Supreme Court debates right to commit sexual predators after prison terms."
David G. Savage of The Los Angeles Times reports that "Supreme Court hears arguments on detaining sex offenders; Despite concerns, most justices seem inclined to uphold a federal law permitting authorities to confine 'sexually dangerous' people after their prison terms have been completed."
Jess Bravin of The Wall Street Journal reports that "Justices Hear Sex-Offender Case."
Joan Biskupic of USA Today reports that "Court weighs inmates' detention past sentences; Convicts seen as 'sexually dangerous.'"
Warren Richey of The Christian Science Monitor reports that "Supreme Court justices appear split on US sex offender law; The 2006 law permits the US government to hold convicted sex offenders even after they've served their sentences; Hearing arguments Tuesday, the Supreme Court justices sparred over whether Congress has exceeded its authority."
Greg Stohr of Bloomberg News reports that "Sex-Offender Commitment Law Gets Support at U.S. Supreme Court."
James Vicini of Reuters reports that "U.S. justices question sex offender confinement law."
On yesterday evening's broadcast of NPR's "All Things Considered," Nina Totenberg had an audio segment entitled "Court Weighs Indefinite Detention Of Sex Offenders."
And Marcia Coyle of The National Law Journal reports that "High Court Struggles With Child Custody, Sex Offender Cases."
Full post as published by How Appealing on January 13, 2010 (boomark / email).
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