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'Dangerous' Sex Offenders Can Be Imprisoned Indefinitely, Supreme Court Rules
By Andrew Cohen - Politics DailyIn a span of just a few minutes Monday morning, the Supreme Court exhibited the breadth and complexity of the nation's sentencing laws. In one ruling, the justices declared that juvenile defendants may not be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for non-capital crimes. And in the other ruling, the justices declared that some mentally ill sex offenders may be kept indefinitely in "civil confinement" despite already having done the time for their crimes. With the latter decision, the court gives great comfort to prosecutors, the police and victims' rights groups, who ...
'Dangerous' Sex Offenders Can Be Imprisoned Indefinitely, Supreme Court Rules
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Supreme Court ruled Monday that federal officials can indefinitely hold inmates considered "sexually dangerous," even after they have completed their prison sentences, the Associated Press reports. The court overturned the 4th District Circuit Court of Appeals in Virginia, which said Congress overstepped its legal authority in allowing extended detention of certain sex offenders. In the case of United States v. Comstock, the justices voted 7-2 to overturn the lower court's opinion. "The statute is a 'necessary and proper' means of exercising the federal authority that permits Congress to ...
Missing Maryland Girl's Body Found on Christmas
By not in system - AOL NewsSALISBURY, Md. (Dec. 26) - Sheriff Mike Lewis enlisted the help of just about everyone along Maryland's Eastern shore, from hunters to homeowners, to find a missing 11-year-old girl, and thousands took time from their Christmas Day plans to search, with the hope she was alive. On Friday afternoon, three days after Sarah H. Foxwell was last seen at her home, law enforcement found her body near the Delaware state line. "This is not the way we wanted to find our young lady on Christmas, but at the very least we've given closure to the family," Wicomico County State's Attorney Davis R. Ruark ...
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