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WA Civil Commitment Law Ruled Unconstitutional

In a tersely worded decision, Fed eral District Court Judge John C. Coughenour drove a stake into the heart of Washington's controversial civil commitment law (Wash. Rev. Code § 71.09). He ruled the statute unconstitutional on its face, citing: "the violation of the substantive due process component of the Fourteenth ...

 

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