Published Thursday, August 16, 2012
Task force to examine Minn. sex offender program
"A federal magistrate has ordered Minnesota to create a task force to explore less-restrictive custody options for sex offenders in the state's civil commitment program who rarely go free under the current system.
Chief Magistrate Judge Arthur Boylan issued the order Wednesday in a class-action lawsuit filed by sex offenders in the program, which allows the state to hold sex offenders beyond their prison sentences indefinitely if they're considered dangerous.
The offenders are challenging the constitutionality of the program, saying they lack realistic ways of earning their freedom. None had been successfully released since the program began in 1994 until one patient earned a provisional discharge earlier this year."
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