High Court Hears Sex Offender Case; Housing for Child Molester, Required by Law, Hasn't Been Found
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel › October 07, 2005
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Madison Convicted child molester Shawn D. Schulpius should be discharged from a mental facility, despite a psychologist's finding that he remains dangerous, because Milwaukee County and the state Department of Health and Family Services have failed to provide adequate housing for his supervised release as required by state law, his attorney told the state Supreme Court on Thursday.
Ellen Henak, an assistant public defender, argued that that failure violates Schulpius' constitutional rights. She suggested that releasing him may be the only way to force compliance with the state law, Chapter 980, that requires some sexually violent offenders to be returned under supervised release to their county of origin.See the full content of this document
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High Court Hears Sex Offender Case; Housing for Child Molester, Required by Law, Hasn't Been Found
"All we ask here is that the situation in Milwaukee County be the same as in Waushara County, Brown County . . . Dane County, which are also populous counties," Henak told the court.
"I beli...See the full content of this document
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