Kansas v. Hendricks, No. 95-1649 (U.S. Supreme Court) (521 U.S. 346; 117 S.Ct. 2072) (June 23, 1997) (Justice Thomas)
In this case, the Court upheld as constitutional the provisions of a Kansas Sexually Violent Predator Act (SVPA) which called for the involuntary and continued civil commitment of sex offenders at the expiration of their criminal sentences. The Court's holding was narrow in scope, in part because the majority concluded ...
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