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That in terms of the prevalence of these statutes all 50 states and d.c. have registry requirements. 47 states have community notification requirements. all 50 states have dna or blood banks for sex offenders requirements. and 20 of the states the federal government and d.c. have laws that allow for the indefinite detention of sex offenders. i would note in the state of texas a state court of appeals relying on very much the same sort of reasoning you advocated in your note struck down texas's sexually violent predator civil commitment law. at the time i was the solicitor general of texas. i p...

Under the argument community notification and dna bank laws could well be struck down as well. is that an outcome that should concern people? >> senator, my note wasn't advocating for the striking down of those laws. my note was trying to identify criteria that i thought could be applied consistently to determine whether the laws were punitive or preventative. >> with respect -- you argued that they were punitive and you further say in the note, if they're punitive, they're on unconstitutional. >> let's take civil commitment laws. if you look at civil commitment laws right now, the ucla school...

0 stems back decades and that is concerning. you wrote your note on the harvard law review on sex crimes. your note is your major academic work on the law review and yours is entitled "prevention versus punishment: towards a principled distinction in the restraint of released sex offenders." and in it you argue, and i quote, "a recent spate of legislation purports to regulate released sex offenders by requiring them to register with local law enforcement officials, notify community members of their presence, undergo dna testing and submit to civil commitment for an indefinite term. at many cou...

0 activism and advocacy as it concerns sexual predators that stems back decades and that is concerning. you wrote your note on the harvard law review on sex crimes. your note is your major academic work on the law review "prevention versus punishment toward a principled distinction in the restraint in it you argue and i quote "a recent spate of legislation reports to release sex offenders by requiring them to notify local law enforcement and submit to civil commitment for indefinite term. many say it violates the rights of individuals that have been sanctioned for their crimes. the contusional...