Jacob Sullum on Indefinite Detention of Sex Offenders

The military prison at
Guantanamo Bay is notorious as a place where people can be held
indefinitely without charge because the usual rules of criminal
justice do not apply. Jacob Sullum says 20 states have their own
versions of Guantanamo Bay for sex offenders, a fact that attracts
little attention and generates little outrage because the detainees
are even less sympathetic than suspected terrorists.

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