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Washington State Not Required to Prove Current Dangerousness for Civil Commitment as Sexually Violent Predator

On October 1, 2009, the en banc Supreme Court of Washington ruled that the state was not required to prove a sex offender would reoffend within the foreseeable future to civilly commit him as a sexually violent predator (SVP) under 71.09 RCW.

In 1985, Paul Moore was convicted of first-degree ...

 

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