A federal judge has stayed further proceedings in a class-action lawsuit over Minnesota’s sex offender treatment program while lawyers for the offenders ask the U.S. Supreme Court to review an appeals court finding that the program is constitutional. Full Article
MN: Judge Stays Further Action in Minnesota Sex Offenders Case
- ·May 4, 2017
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Lawyers filed a petition with SCOTUS to review MN’s civil-commitment SOTP: http://www.fox9.com/news/255949386-story
This is now one of at least four cases of which I’m aware that are either under consideration by SCOTUS or petitioned for review in the next term. I think Packingham and Snyder have the best chance of going our way (assuming they hear Snyder).
–AJ