VA – Sex offender program elicits queries

Original Article 01/23/2011 The concept of civil commitment has always raised certain troubling philosophical questions. Now in Virginia, it's raising financial ones as well. Civil commitment is the system through which violent sexual predators who are considered likely to commit another sex crime may be held in state custody after their prison term ends. But this time, instead of being kept in prison – which of course would be illegal once they had fulfilled their debt to society -… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]

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