Bennett v. Bigelow

On Petition for Extraordinary Relief

Chief Justice Durrant,

opinion of the Court:

Introduction

¶ 1 Brendt Bennett claims that his Fifth Amendment rights were violated when he was required to disclose his entire sexual history, including any uncharged sexual crimes, as part of his sex offender treatment during parole. He refused to make these disclosures and his parole was revoked, requiring him to return to prison to potentially serve the remainder of his indeterminate six year to life sentence. The district court dismissed Mr. Bennett’s Fifth Amendment challenge to the parole revocation at…