Prison, punitive and penalties for missing an appeal date – in a capital case 

Posted: 11:25 am Fri, January 20, 2012
By Barbara L. Jones

More prison time for sex offenders? Paul Demko at Politics in Minnesota writes that support is growing for indeterminate sentences for sex offenders as a means of curtailing civil commitments.  The sentencing change would allow the offenders to be held in prison rather than at a psychiatric facility, which would save money – it costs three ...