Source: statesmanjournal.com 4/14/26 A class action lawsuit filed in Lane County on April 2 against the Oregon State Police and the Board of Parole and Post-Prison Supervision alleges individuals on Oregon’s sex offender registry have been systematically misclassified as a higher risk than they are. The plaintiff in the case, identified in court documents only as M.H., claims to be one of those people. In January 1990, he was convicted on three counts of first-degree sexual abuse in the Lane County Circuit Court. He was sentenced to incarceration and supervision, which he…
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IL: Investigations No Trial. No Guilty Verdict. How Civil Commitment in Illinois Can Mean Decades Behind Bars
Source: news.wttw.com 4/14/26 Under two different Illinois laws, people charged with sex offenses are subject to indefinite detention. More than 500 people are currently being held under the procedure known as civil commitment. This story explores the law that holds people who’ve only been charged with a crime — never convicted or sentenced. WTTW News also examined the law that continues to hold people after they’ve served their sentences, sometimes for decades. James Howe was never found guilty. But he still spent nine years inside of Big Muddy River Correctional Center.…
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