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U.S. v. Volungus, No. Civ. No. 07-12060-GAO (D.Mass.) (599 F.Supp.2d 68) (February 27, 2009) (Judge George A. Jr. O'Toole)

Loaded on April 1, 2009 published in Punch and Jurists April 20, 2009
Filed under: Civil Commitment, Punch And Jurists.

Here the Court held that the civil commitment provisions of the Adam Walsh Act (18 U.S.C. § 4248) (which authorizes, inter alia, the Attorney General and the Director of the Bureau of Prisons to seek the indefinite detention of “sexually dangerous persons” upon completion of their prison sentences for sex ...

 

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