In Re the Detention of Garren

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• holding the SVPA to be civil, not criminal, and therefore not subject to ex post facto attack
• holding chapter 229A does not violate equal protection and due process does not require the least restrictive placement
• noting that civil commitment of sexually violent predators was for purposes of treatment, not punishment
• noting that civil commitment of sexually violent predators was for purposes of treatment, not punishment
• noting that “even if such a right did exist, it is not a ‘fundamental right’ ” (citation omitted)
• finding the confinement of sexually violent predators in a secure facility served the compelling State interest in “protection of the public”

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