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SF 734 Senate Long Description

Relating to crimes; prohibiting civil commitment of certain sex +offenders as sexually dangerous persons or sexual psychopathic personalities, +authorizing and providing for indeterminate sentencing of the offenders upon +conviction; entitling the offenders to a bifurcated trial, first phase to +determine guilt and second phase on conviction to determine the level of danger +posed, burden of proof to be on the state beyond a reasonable doubt; requiring +court commitment of offenders determined to be sexually dangerous persons +or sexual psychopathic personalities to the custody of the commissioner of +corrections and specifying the minimum and maximum terms of incarceration, +prohibiting stay of sentence; requiring and providing for conditional release upon +release from incarceration, specifying a minimum and maximum term and certain +hearing requirements and authorizing court sanctions for violation of release conditions; establishing a special review board to hear and consider +petitions for release after the minimum incarceration period, specifying +membership requirements and prescribing certain hearing procedures and notice +requirements and certain criteria required for conditional release (mk)