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Sixth Circuit: Requiring Admission of Guilt to Participate in Mandatory-for-Parole SOTP No Fifth Amendment Violation
Loaded on Aug. 23, 2016
by Matthew Clarke
Filed under:
Sex Offenders (Discrimination),
Parole,
Parole Conditions,
Sex Offender Treatment.
Locations:
Pennsylvania,
United States of America.
On April 4, 2012, the Third Circuit court of appeals held that requiring an admission of guilt to participate in an in-prison sex offender treatment program (SOTP) did not violate the Fifth Amendment prohibition against compulsory self-incrimination even if refusal to participate in SOTP was grounds for denial of …
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