Reply #120: Again--tell me how your bank robber becomes "sexually dangerous." [View All]

Specifically, what has he done that makes him "sexually dangerous?"

And I do not ignore the clause "such convictions are not a prerequisite."

Of course you don't need a conviction of sexual offenses---this is a civil confinement.

But again, your bank robber needs to be determined to be "sexually dangerous."

What has he done to merit that?

(FYI, if you read the memo you cited, the FD does make an excellent point regarding that the standard of proof and evidence used is in fact, below BRD, and even preponderance....I wonder if they should have made that argument at SCOTUS.)

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you that this law COULD be abused, just merely asking you to cite an ACTUAL case of it. The FD could not.


But here's a hypo for you---let's say you have a Catholic priest in custody for fraud. The BOP later finds out that there is a massive file kept by the Church on this molesting bastard. Settlements, but no convictions. The prison psychiatrists do their job, and realize this asshole never changed, just got moved from place to place....

So, does BOP not act because there are no criminal convictions--no BRD? Or do they follow the statute?