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Less Restrictive Alternatives Must Be Considered in Washington Sex Predator Commitments

Loaded on Jan. 15, 2003 published in Prison Legal News January, 2003, page 29
Filed under: Mental Health, Civil Commitment. Location: Washington.
The Washington state Supreme Court, sitting en banc, held that the "equal protection clauses of the state and federal constitutions require that less restrictive alternatives (LRAs) to confinement be considered at . . . commitment trials" under RCW 71.09, Washington's Sexually Violent Predator (SVP) statute.


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