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U.S. v. Volungus, No. 09-1596 (1st Cir.) (595 F.3d 1) (January 8, 2010) (Judge Bruce M. Selya)

Loaded on Jan. 11, 2010 published in Punch and Jurists January 11, 2010
Filed under: Civil Commitment, Punch And Jurists.

Here the Court upheld 18 U.S.C. § 4248 which permits the civil commitment of "sexually dangerous persons" after release from prison as within the legitimate scope of congressional power conferred by the Necessary and Proper Clause.

In 1999, John Charles Volungus pled guilty in a District Court for the Western ...

 

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