(DOWNLOAD) "Seconds Anyone? Using the Missouri SVP Law to Punish After Time Served: In re Care and Treatment of van Orden (Sexually Violent Predator)" by Missouri Law Review ~ eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free

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Title: Seconds Anyone? Using the Missouri SVP Law to Punish After Time Served: In re Care and Treatment of van Orden (Sexually Violent Predator)
Author : Missouri Law Review
Release Date : January 22, 2009
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 346 KB

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I. INTRODUCTION For nearly a century, the United States Supreme Court has recognized states' right to involuntarily commit persons who have shown a pattern of sexual violence, are unable to control their behavior, and thus are likely to reoffend if permitted to go free. (2) However, the Supreme Court has demanded that, when committing sexually violent predators, states take pains to safeguard individual due process rights and prevent erroneous commitments. (3) While requiring a few specific procedural safeguards, the Supreme Court has essentially left to the states' discretion the appropriate burden of proof to apply in civil commitment contexts. (4)