Legal Opinion
Herbert J. Varner v. Tom Monohan, Director, Illinois Department of Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 18, 2006No. 05-2310PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EASTERBROOK, Circuit Judge.
Illinois is among the states that permit indefinite civil commitment of certain sexual offenders. In 1998 Illinois initiated proceedings under the Sexually Violent Persons Commitment Act (“SVPA”), 725 ILCS 207/1 to 207/99, to commit Herbert Varner, a repeat sex offender who refused to participate in treatment programs during his 13-year sentence for the sexual assault of his five-year-old niece.
The SVPA calls for the civil confinement of any person, previously convicted of a sex offense, who is found beyond a reasonable doubt to be a “sexually violent per son”. 725…
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