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IL Civil Commitment Law Upheld
In 1998 Herbert Varner, an Illinois state prisoner, was finishing a
thirteen-year sentence for sexually abusing his five-year-old niece when
the state initiated civil commitment proceedings against him under ILCS §
207/1, et seq. A jury found that Varner suffered from a mental disorder
that made it substantially probable that ...
thirteen-year sentence for sexually abusing his five-year-old niece when
the state initiated civil commitment proceedings against him under ILCS §
207/1, et seq. A jury found that Varner suffered from a mental disorder
that made it substantially probable that ...
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