| Court Cases  This page contains court cases and decisions that may be of interest to the sex offender treating professional. Click below to read the full texts. 2002 U.S. Supreme Court case allowing prison sex offender treatment programs to require admissions 2002 Mass. SJC case on civil commitment of sex offender currently incarcerated on other charges 2002 U.S. Supreme Court requires at least partial lack of voluntary control over offenses for civil commitment 2001 Mass. SJC case on SORB procedures 2001 Appeals Court Decision on Sexually Dangerous Person Commitment 2000 Mass. SJC Decision on Retroactivity of SDP Civil Commitment Law 2000 Mass. Superior Court Decision: Probable Cause in SDP Civil Commitment Hearing 2000 Mass. Decision Concerning jury pool voir-dire 1999 Mass. Decision Concerning Registering by person coming from another state 1999 Mass. SJC Decision suspending juvenile sex offender registration 1999 Mass. SJC Decision sustaining the use of DNA sample collection 1999 A second Mass. SJC Decision sustaining use of DNA collection 1997 U.S. Supreme Court (Mitchell v. US) commentary | 
