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Civil Commitment of Massachusetts Sex Offenders Expanding

Loaded on March 15, 2006 published in Prison Legal News March, 2006, page 30
Filed under: Sex Offenders (Discrimination), Mental Health, Civil Commitment. Location: Massachusetts.
by Michael Rigby

Massachusetts prosecutors are using recent changes in state law to expand the number of sex offenders imprisoned through civil commitment, and it's costing taxpayers millions.

In 2004 and 2005, the Massachusetts legislature and Governor Mitt Romney greatly expanded the pool of sex offenders who could be committed ...

 

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