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Kansas v. Crane, No. 00-957 (U.S. Supreme Court) (534 U.S. 407; 122 S.Ct. 867) (January 22, 2002) (Justice Breyer)

Loaded on Jan. 1, 2002 published in Punch and Jurists January 07, 2002
Filed under: Civil Commitment, Punch And Jurists.

In this case, the Supreme Court set some loose limits on the growing state practice of keeping sexual predators in extended civil confinement after their criminal sentences expire - holding that a state must show that a sexual offender lacks some ability to control his violent behavior to justify confining ...

 

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  3. Kansas v. Crane, No. 00-957 (U.S. Supreme Court) (534 U.S. 407; 122 S.Ct. 867) (January 22, 2002) (Justice Breyer)
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