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Appellate decision prompts judge to allow sex offender commitment

A recent appellate opinion prompted U.S. District Judge Audrey Fleissig to vacate a 2015 ruling that found a treatment facility for sexually violent offenders was unconstitutional. The 2015 decision said that Missouri’s law that allows for involuntary commitment after an offender serves out a prison sentence was not being employed in a constitutional manner. No one ever ...

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