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U.S. v. Comstock, No. 06-HC-2195-BR (E.D.N.C.) (507 F.Supp.2d 522) (September 7, 2007) (Judge W. Earl Britt)

Loaded on Aug. 1, 2007 published in Punch and Jurists August 13, 2007
Filed under: Civil Commitment, Punch And Jurists.

Judge Britt’s 59-page decision in this case addresses a growing and highly contentious issue - namely, the narrowing and ever-fuzzier distinctions between civil and criminal commitment for sex offenders. Historically, prisons have been used as punishment for past criminal acts; and civil commitment has been used in cases of …

 

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