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Waukesha - A convicted sex offender whose thoughts and fantasies about children, rather than actions against them, prompted authorities to revoke his parole two years ago now faces indefinite secure commitment for treatment after a jury verdict Thursday branded him a sexual predator.
The case likely will spark debate in the legal community over whether it presages a new dimension to the 13-year-old Wisconsin sexual predator law or merely highlights one of many factors already considered in determining the likelihood of sex offenders striking again.
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Judges: Lourie (author), Rader, Schall Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Clark]
In Hearing Components, Inc. v. Shure Inc., Nos. 09-1364, -1365 (Fed. Ci...
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Judges: Lourie (author), Rader, Schall Appealed from E.D. Tex., Judge Clark]
In Hearing Components, Inc. v. Shure Inc., Nos. 09-1364, -1365 (Fed. C...
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Divorcetrial court has discretion to defer distribution of parties retirement assets and need not order an outright division; trial court not required to award indefinite spousal support in long-term marriage
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A prison sentence for a specifically designated length of time up to a certain prescribed maximum, such as one to ten years or tw...
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Criminal law Sentencing Postrelease control R.C. 2967.28(B)(1) and (F) Indefinite prison term or life sentence.
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Nushawn Williams, who became known as a one-man AIDS epidemic more than a decade ago, has completed his prison sentence but could be kept in custody indefinitely under the state's civil- confinement law for sex offenders.
In preparation for the drastic measure, a state psychiatric examiner has diagnosed him as antisocial, psychopathic and capable of infecting more young women with HIV, the deadly virus that leads to AIDS.
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CRIMINAL LAW - motion to dismiss; preindictment delay; due process; speedy trial; plea of guilty; waiver of claim of deprivation of constitutional rights; no substantial prejudice; sentence; rape; burglary; felonious assault; pre-senate bill 2; indefinite term; no abuse of discretion.
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PITTSBURGH -- RTI International Metals, Inc., (NYSE: RTI), announced today that it has determined to indefinitely idle plans to construct a titanium s...
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GREENBURGH, N.Y. -- Marc Staal's long-term absence from the Rangers is so "indefinite," coach John Tortorella said Friday, that the All-Star defenseman is no longer a topic of discussion between him and trainer Jim Ramsey.
That's where he's at, it hasn't come to conversations," Tortorella said.