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Fourth Circuit Upholds Federal Civil Commitment Statute Against Constitutional Challenge

The procedures for civil commitment of “sexually dangerous” federal offenders do not violate due process, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held on December 6, 2010.

In 2006, the United States initiated civil commitment proceedings against Graydon Earl Comstock as he was nearing the end of his ...

 

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