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Missouri court backs confining sex offenders indefinitely

The Missouri Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a state law allowing sex offenders to be committed indefinitely to mental institutions after prison is constitutional. Judges ruled 6-0 in two separate cases that two men were constitutionally committed and reaffirmed the law. A public defender for the men had argued their commitments were punitive, meant lifetime confinement ...

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