Civil Commitment Constitutional?
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Civil Commitments Violate Due Process
So much for the freedoms Americans like to brag about.
Obama administration has persuaded the Supreme Court to keep sex offenders in jail while they determine the legality of keeping them locked up indefinitely after their sentences have been served.
Four inmates brought suit against the law. They were serving sentences of up to eight years for sexual abuse of a minor or possessing child pornography. Their detention was to have ended two years ago, but corrections officials and prosecutors determined they remained a risk for further sexually deviant behavior if freed. The inmates argued such continued imprisonment violates their constitutional right of due process.
Court blocks release of sex offenders due out of jail
